## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 18/05/2021 Period start date To 17/05/2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Rapid Response North West**
**Charity registration number: 1183502**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO is to preserve and
protect human life with the advancement of
health and saving lives in particular but not
exclusively by providing: 24-hour on call
assistance, water search & rescue, event
support & first aid, traffic management and
other resources which will offer support to
the emergency services, statutory bodies
and other organisations as deemed
appropriate by the trustees across the
UnitedKingdom.|
|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|During our third year being a registered
charity. Our team continued to be extremely
busy, during this time COVID restrictions
had been eased which allowed us to
continue with public fundraising at events.
Some of which involved providing high
quality medical cover at events.
We developed our Shop Assist welfare
service with a project called “Warmth this
Winter” which included supporting the
homeless by providing temporary shelters,
warm sleeping bags and clothes. This
integrated within our “Suicide Prevention
and Safety Patrol” project as were also able
to make food and drink available to people
in need on the streets throughout the Wirral
peninsular. We continued to provide these
patrols routinely on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday evenings. Our long-term aim is to
extend these patrols to facilitate a 7-day
cover.
During this period our shop assist service
also supported between 5 – 20
individuals/families each week this included
providing food parcels, emergency energy
vouchers, essential items including white
goods and clothing. These were all supplied
to people in need.
During this time, we also started a project
called “Emergency Care in the Community”
this is where we were able to provide
funded training to young, disadvantaged
people between 16 and 25 years of age, by
providing this training this enabled them to
get on to the pathway to employment.
This worked alongside our “Community
Cohesion and Education” project where we
received funding allowing us to train &
qualify three of our volunteers so they can
teach and assess. With this we were able to
provide funded first aid courses. As a result
of this we have recently become a
registered Qualsafe training centre.
We continued to develop our volunteer’s
skills by completing further training to
enhance our knowledge and improve our
skill set. We have exciting plans to further
develop our training & services throughout
the year ahead.|
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||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 complied with guidance
issued by the charity commission on public
benefit.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policy on grant making
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Para 1.38||
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Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
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Para 1.38||
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Contribution made by
volunteers
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Para 1.38||
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Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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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|It has been another successful year for
Rapid Response North West. We remained
busy continuing our “Shop Assist Welfare
Service” which had a big impact on the
community. This enabled people who were
homeless, suffering with mental health, in
financial distress and people who had
specialist dietary requirements to have
food, drink, essential items & shelter.
Whilst providing suicide prevention & safety
patrols we were able to support & signpost
people who were in need whether this was
with direct intervention or involving other
agencies.
After three of our volunteers became
qualified trainers, we were able to further
engage with the community and provide
funded training & certificated qualifications.
We were supported with this by other
training providers.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against
objectives set
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Para 1.41
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Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
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Para 1.41||
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Investment
performance
against objectives
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Para 1.41||
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Other
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## **Financial Review**
||Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|This year has been a successful year with
funding. We have been able to resume
fundraising at public events and we have
been fortunate to have received funding
through grants which have been available.
This funding has enabled us to expand our
“Shop Assist Welfare Service”, pay for our
charity insurance, volunteer expenses
(vehicle running costs), safety equipment &
personal protective equipment, medical
equipment & supplies. This has also
enabled us to continue to provide training to
our volunteers and has allowed us to
provide training to people in the community.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity would like to maintain reserves
of £1000 by the end of the end of the next
financial year. This is to ensure there is
funding available for any emergency
situation which may arise.|
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|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|£1000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
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Para 1.47|The charity receives its income from the
public and from individual trusts, as well as
from fundraising at events.|
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Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
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Para 1.46||
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A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
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Para 1.46||
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Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25
|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted? (e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|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 voted in to post by full
members of the team at the AGM.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
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Para 1.51||
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The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
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Para 1.51||
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Relationship with any related
parties
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Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|RapidResponseNorth West|
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|Other name the charityuses|RRNW,Rapid Response|
|Registered charitynumber|1183502|
|Charity’s principal address|Whitfield Business Hub, 84-200 Pensby Road, Heswall ,
Wirral , CH60 7RJ|
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Luke Brown|Trustee||August 2020 to date|||
||Samuel Gwilliam|Trustee||May 2019 to September
2022|||
||Jessica Grant|Trustee||September 2021 to July
2022|||
||Daniel Cumbers|Trustee||September 2022 to date|||
||Daniel Anderton|Trustee||September 2022 to date|||
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## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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**
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Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Luke Brown
Position (eg Secretary,
Trustee
Chair, etc)
Date
10/03/2023
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Daniel Cumbers
Position (eg Secretary, Trustee
Chair, etc)
Date
10/03/2023
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## **Overall Accounts**
**– 18[th ] May 2021 17[th] May 2022**
**Account Balance/Start Figure Leftover from last year**
**£ 1969.59**
## **Income / Sales**
**Public Donations £2,309.12 Grants £39,715.00 Fundraising £1,128.00**
**Total Income / Sales £43,152.12**
## **Direct Expenses and Overheads**
# **Insurance £1,692.68**
**Equipment £704.46 Uniform/PPE £527.76 Medical Equipment £764.45 DBS Checking £68.40 Phoneline £133.88 Medical Supplies £743.68 Training Equipment £540.70 Training £2,375.00 Training funded for the public £1,490.00 Mileage Claims £1,682.56 Communication £454.16 Fundraising £263.48 Software £111.78 Training Expenses £707.15 Shop Assist Welfare Services £24,543.33**
**Total Direct Expenses / Overheads £36,794.47 Account Balance at the end of 2022 financial year £8,327.24**
**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members of** Rapid Response North West **On accounts for the year** 17[th] May 2022 **Charity no** 1183502 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 17/05/2022.
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
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Date: 16/03/2023
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**Signed: Name:** Heather Podmore **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 43 Rutland Road, Tyldesley, Manchester. M29 8FX
**October 2018**
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**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**