2021-09-30-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/10/2020 Period start date To 30/09/2021 Period end date

Charity name: Friends of the X112

Charity registration number: 1184865

Objectives and Activities

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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 The object of the CIO is to provide
of the charity as set out transport facilities in the Furness
in its governing Peninsula and South Lakes area
document for
people who have special need of
such facilities because they are
elderly, poor or disabled, people
with
young children or those living in
isolated areas where there are no
adequate public transport
facilities
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Provision of a bus service, X12, No
1.19
activities in relation to 11 and X7 services in South
those purposes for the Lakeland via our current
public benefit, in contractor who delivers this
particular, the activities, service for us using our Section 22
projects or services permits. As agreed with the
identified in the Traffic Commissioner
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All Trustees are aware and make
whether the trustees decisions based on guidance
have had regard to the issued by the Charity Commission.
guidance issued by the This is noted in any meeting
Charity Commission on minutes and all Trustees
public benefit understand the need to adhere to
our charitable objects and
purpose.
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SORP reference We do not currently offer grants. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making We do not currently invest

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Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
Our volunteers have organised
Para 1.38 some coffee mornings at St Mary’s
Contribution made by Church Hall in Ulverston and
volunteers where possible, lunches at
Rampside. Activities continued to
be restricted due to Covid but
some events did take place and
contributed to our fundraising.
Our volunteers (including
Trustees) work hard to raise funds
with events, from our Standing
Order donation scheme (delivering
leaflets and promotional
literature) and applying for grants
suited to our charitable objects.
Other
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Achievements and Performance

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SORP reference
Our Transport Manager, Belinda, is
in charge of day to day
management (as per Traffic
Summary of the main Commissioner’s requirements) of
Para 1.20
achievements of the our bus services. Despite very low
charity, identifying the numbers of passengers due to
difference the charity’s Covid and safety fears, the routes
work has made to the have been used by residents and
circumstances of its tourists visiting the area. We
beneficiaries and any commenced the routes in June
wider benefits to society 2021 following successfully
as a whole. obtaining our Section 22 permits
in the previous financial year,
contracting our service provider
(Blueworks) and contracting our
Transport Manager, Belinda.
Passengers like the 16 seater low
floor buses which suit elderly
residents who find it hard to climb
into a coach or get in and out of a
minibus. They would otherwise
have to pay for taxis as none of
our routes have any other public
transport options available to
them.
We have managed to run several
coffee mornings, raffles, quizzes
and other small events raising
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£3565. Our Standing Order donation scheme raised £2200 in the year. We are planning to spend the £15000 BSOG grant on the purchase of a bus during the next financial year, with a view to purchasing two buses in total. For exclusive use on our routes. We have other notable grants which were used towards our Transport Manager’s invoices, permits etc and to help promote the routes. Some funds are retained for next year as we expand the route and look to further vehicle purchases.

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We aimed to start delivery of our
three bus routes (two permits as
Achievements against Para 1.41 the X12 and 11 are one route for
objectives set our purposes) and achieved this in
the summer of 2021. It has,
pardon the pun, been a long road
to get here and we are delighted
to have launched our service.
We failed to achieve larger grants
from Lottery funds and some local
Performance of funding bodies as they have
fundraising activities Para 1.41 experienced increased
against objectives set applications due to the pandemic.
We did however gain funds from
the Freda Scott Foundation, Sir
James Fisher Foundation, Kirby
Moor Wind Farm among others.
Not applicable
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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Financial Review

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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 We have £35607 in funds at the
financial position at the end of the financial year, some of
end of the period which will be used to purchase a
bus at £15k. We would like to have
spent more of our funds but were
unable to due to the pandemic.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Reservices are held with projects
policy for holding in mind and to fund future
reserves stating why they services.
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £35607
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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BSOG grant £15k, Freda Scott
Foundation, Sir James Fisher
The charity’s principal Foundation, local events which in
sources of funds Para 1.47 non covid times includes lunches,
(including any fashion shows and other in person
fundraising) events.
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
Lack of volunteers to do the day to
day work, increasing difficulty in
A description of the Para 1.46 obtaining larger grants
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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Structure, Governance and Management

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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution adopted 26 [th] May
document 2019
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are appointed/elected at
methods including details the AGM and or co-opted during
of any constitutional the year if required or as new
provisions e.g. election to Trustees become available.
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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The charity trustees will make
available to each new charity
Policies and procedures trustee, on or before his or her
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 first
and training of trustees appointment:
(a) a copy of the current version of
the constitution; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest
Trustees’ Annual Report and
statement of accounts.
(a) The 'Friends of the X112 may
appoint up to 12 charity trustees.
The charity’s (b) Any appointment must be
organisational structure Para 1.51 made at a meeting held according
and any wider network to the ordinary practice of the
with which the charity appointing body.
works (c) Each appointment must be for
a term of [three] years.
(d) The appointment will be
effective from the later of:
(i) the date of the vacancy; and
(ii) the date on which the charity
trustees or their secretary or clerk
are informed of the
appointment.
(e) The person appointed need not
be a member of the appointing
body.
(f) A trustee appointed by the
appointing body has the same
duty under clause 9(1) as the
other charity trustees to act in the
way he or she decides in good
faith would be most
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likely to further the purposes of
the CIO]
We have a Chair, Secretary and
Treasurer plus our regular
Trustees.
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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Reference and Administrative details

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Charity name Friends of X112
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1184865
number
Charity’s principal 1 Woodhill Cres, Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness LA13
address 3QE
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Loraine Birchall Chair
2 Roger Harris Treasurer
3 Linda Friday Secretary
4 Anne Hall MBE
Janette
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Jenkinson
6 John Eyre Vice Chair
7 Susan Jenkinson
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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

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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets 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

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser Accoun Stephen Leonard JL Winder & Co, 125 Ramsden Square, Barrow in tant Furness, LA14 1XA

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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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) Loraine Birchall Position (eg Chair of Trustees Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date 22 July 2022

Charity Name No (if any) Friends of X112 1184865

Receipts and payments accounts

0110/2020 Period end date To 10/1/2020 9/30/2021

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
BSOG Grant 15,000 - - 15,000
Freda Scott Foundation, Rawden Smith
Trust 6,500 - - 6,500
Sir J Fisher Foundation 3,000 - - 3,000
Kirby Wind Farm Community Fund 2,000 - - 2,000
Parish Councils, various 3,800 - - 3,800
Glaxo Fund 1,500 - - 1,500
Legacy donation 200 - - 200
Standing Order Scheme and fundraising
5,789 - - 5,789
events plus bank interest
37,789 - - 37,789
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 37,789 - - 37,789
A3 Payments
Lunch expenses from events 48 - - 48
Section 22 Bus Permits 240 - - 240
Leaflets 211 - - 211
Transport Manager Costs 720 - - 720
Website Hosting/ICT support (Artemis
Media) 400 - - 400
Blueworks (signage and safety equipment
for Covid) 1,000 - - 1,000
Contract for bus service delivery June to
August 2021 10,584 - - 10,584
Hall rental (coffee mornings) 132 - - 132
- - - -
Sub total [ 13,335 ] - - 13,335
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 13,335 - - 13,335
Net of receipts/(payments) 24,454 - - 24,454
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 11,153 - - 11,153
Cash funds this year end 35,607 - - 35,607
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted			Restricted
Categories	Details		funds			funds
B1 Cash funds	Cash in building society account Total cash funds		to nearest £ 35,607 - - 35,607			to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		OK		OK
			Unrestricted			Restricted
			funds			funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		to nearest £ - - - - - -			to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details		Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use						- - - - - - - -
			Fund to which			Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details		liability relates			- - - - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature	Print	Name
	Loraine Birchall Roger Harris		Loraine Roger		Birchall Harris

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - -

OK

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)

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Date of
approval
3/30/2022
3/30/2022
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Independent examlner's report lo the Irustees of Friends of The X112 I report to the Irustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the Friends of the X112 for the year ended 30th September 2021 Responsibilltles and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation 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 Ac and in carrying out my examination I have followed a11 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Ad. Independent examln8rfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe thal in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act,, or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in oonnection wlth the examination to which allenlion should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Stephen Michael Leonard FCCA ACA MAAT 125 Ramsden Square Barrow in Furness Cumbria LA14 1XA 30° March 2022