Annual Report of the Registered Charity RALPHH (Robert Allen Life Promotion and Health Hearts) Trust for the Financial Year 2020-21.
As for so many other companies and institutions, the last year has been highly disrupted by the impact of the COVID19 pandemic. Activity has been far below the expectations at the start of the year and basic contact with those who could best benefit from partnering with RALPHH has been impaired.
The year began on a disappointment when Kingston Rowing Club returned a grant cheque because they found themselves unable to meet the contractual requirement under which the grant had been previously agreed. This related to maintenance of planned grant-supported equipment purchases, but we hope that the Club may be able to resolve this matter in the future and re-establish an agreement with RALPHH.
During the summer period, when travel and meeting restrictions were less tight, a meeting and agreement took place with Queen’s High School, Chester to part-fund defibrillation equipment. This subsequently led to the equipment being installed as agreed in the early part of 2021. It is now planned to make arrangements for a launch event in Spring 2021 and to promote this extensively, so as to raise contact levels with other school and sporting club potential partnership, as well as stimulating further charitable giving to the organisation.
At the start of the report period, the charity took the decision to invest some funds in a bank deposit account. With interest rates being so low this has produced only a modest return. The Trustees also decided to have all accounts of RALPHH subject to an independent audit, although this has not been a requirement from The Charity Commission. The plan is to continue on this basis.
Many annual events, for which RALPHH had plans to participate, were cancelled or restricted due to Covid19 restrictions and this certainly adversely impacted on a strategy for giving to the charity, but the reduced activity level than was planned and anticipated meant that over the twelve-month period assets at the end of the financial year have risen. The Trustees would particularly like to thank the staff and corporate help received from VMware through Global Giving, without whose help matters would have been far less positive.
In planning for the next 12 months, RALPHH will be increasing activity on social media and will also be seeking at least six partnerships with schools or clubs in the year with the consistent aim of improving the health and safety of people participating in sporting activity.
Signed on behalf of the Trustees of RALPHH by Chairman, Richard Allen
R.C. Allen Dated 31[st] May 2021
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