## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1[st] January 2024 to 31 December 2024**
## **Charity name: ROC Dawlish**
## **Charity registration number: 1185576**
## **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 are: to promote any charitable
purpose for the benefit of the community as the trustees
see fit in particular but not exclusively by the following
means:
(1) To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities
and the effective application and use of resources by non-
charitable bodies for the public benefit in particular but not
exclusively by providing or assisting in the set-up of
community projects, supporting their administration and
providing support services to them; and by facilitating
partnership and co-operation in the voluntary sector:
(2) The promotion of the voluntary sector for the public
benefit, in particular but not exclusively by the following
means:
(a) identifying need in the voluntary sector and establishing
projects or policies to address them;
(b) liaising between charities, voluntary organisations, the
local authority and other groups or organisations on
relevant issues that affect members of the community; “the
voluntary sector” means charities and voluntary
organisations: charities are organisations, which are
established for exclusively charitable purposes in
accordance with the law of England and Wales voluntary
organisations are independent organisations, which are
established for purposes that add value to the community
as a whole, or a significant section of the community, and
which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit
for private distribution, voluntary organisations do not
include local government or other statutory authorities.
(3) to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the
socially and economically disadvantaged community in
such a way that are better able to identify, and help meet,
their needs and to participate more fully in society.
(4) the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill
health, disability or other disadvantage.|
|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|From the 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, ROC
Dawlish has a) continued it successful development of a
family mentoring scheme in collaboration with the local
Secondary School; b) co-chaired ‘Helping Dawlish’, the a
collaboration it co-founded between key local agencies and
charities, combatting the negative social effects of the cost-
of-living crisis; c) successfully raised funds for a part-time
Coordinator to run the Dawlish Community Larder, to help
meet the needs of local families and individuals struggling
to access basic foodstuffs, and d) continued to employ a
Schools’ Coordinator who has successfully managed the
many different projects we run through our local schools,
including an peer-to-peer befriending scheme and an after-
school drop-in project.|
|||All these activities have been in the public benefit and have
been consistent with our stated charitable objects.|
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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, in making decisions about which activities
have been undertaken to pursue our charitable objects,
have had due regard to the commission’s public benefit
guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which
the guidance is relevant.|
## **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|ROC Dawlish continues to work strategically to foster
community collaboration between charities and other local
agencies for the public benefit, as co-chair of the
collaborative network called Helping Dawlish. The charity
has continued to provide essential and much-needed
practical input into the wider community through the cost-
of-living crisis, especially through running the Dawlish
Community Larder, which supplies essential foodstuffs and
other household groceries to local families in need.
Through its Schools’ Coordinator, ROC Dawlish has also
been further developing a family mentoring scheme, in
partnership with the local Secondary School. This scheme
works with local families struggling to get their young
people to access education, for whatever reason, helping to
improve school attendance. In addition, ROC Dawlish has
been pioneering a supervised peer-to-peer befriending
scheme between Year 9 and Year 7 students, as well as an
after-school drop-in café both aimed at increasing young
peoples’ successful engagement with education.|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During the year income was £35,470 and expenditure was
£25,917. As a result, the surplus for the year was £9,553.
Cash funds at the year end were £30,346.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity does not currently have a Reserves Policy
because it does not have any on-going commitments.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|See above|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|The Charity only spends money that it has and therefore
there are never any deficits.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|There are no concerns about the Charity continuing as a
going concern.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|‘Foundation’ model 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.|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed for an initial term of three years,
subject to approved reappointment, by a resolution passed
at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In
selectingindividuals for appointment as charitytrustees,the|
election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees
charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name ROC Dawlish Other name the charity uses None/not applicable Registered charity number 1185576 Charity’s principal address The Hub Store 6 The Strand Dawlish Devon EX7 9PS
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Dr Mark Jones|Local-Co-ordinator|1 October 2019 to present|Not applicable|
||Revd Linda Cronin|Not applicable|1 March 2024 to present|Not applicable|
||Father Mark Skelton|Not applicable|1 October 2019 to 12 March 2025|Not applicable|
||Ms Sharon Hurlow|Not applicable|18 March 2021 to 13 March 2025|Not applicable|
||Mr Geoffrey Clark|Not applicable|12 March 2025 to present|Not applicable|
||Mr Simon Dunn|Not applicable|13 March 2025 to present|Not applicable|
||Mr Graham Harvey|Not applicable|13 March 2025 to present|Not applicable|
||Mr Richard Orr|Not applicable|13 March 2025 to present|Not applicable|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
None/not applicable
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** None/not applicable
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None/not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the None/not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None/not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
None/not applicable
## **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)** Dr Mark Jones **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 10/06/2025
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name ROC Dawlish **members of On accounts for the year** 31/12/2024 **Charity no** 1185576 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-5 (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 31/12/2024.
- **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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention 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._
**Signed:** _AC Rudall_ **Date:** 7/6/2025 **Name:** Alan Rudall MBA **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:**[6 Kingsdown Close ] Dawlish EX7 0HU
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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** .
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