## **Helford River Gig Club Charity Number 1186229** Accounts for year ended 30 September 2020 These accounts cover the last period during which the club operated through an unincorporated club and the first period during which the club operated through an Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Helford River Gig Club CIO was registered on 8 November 2019. The assets of the old unincorporated club were vested to the new CIO on 12 February 2020, **so for the period from 8 November 2019 to 11 February 2020, the new CIO was dormant.** These accounts include: - 1) Receipts and Payments for the CIO from 12 February 2020 to 30 September 2020. - 2) Receipts and Payments for the unincorporated club to 11 February 2020 and combined figures for the year (used for the purposes of presenting annual figures to the members). - 3) Notes to the accounts, which include a statement of club assets as at 30 September 2020. 1. 12x6 158 •]1 19) 1&T61 31.Ll39 £47.￿) 5J15 &497 321 34t. 15 25ABY. 14X¥J 14.5177 25.4 41S 415 iÉ* 2.1￿, 2212 3.789Y 0.1 3272 10.761 lj 14717 L¥7MY £47 xoi Melloffl Rlvef &g (X Charfty Nwrthr 1186229 Ftr th• pwKpd 11th 2020 to 30th sOpt￿nb￿. XIXI I rwort to the trusteès cn ￿rrif0t1￿ Oft￿ rncopts l￿d payrr￿ts ol Ihe knve charity for the 12th to the 30th W8rt)8r. As ch¥rti85 trustee5, YCWJ for the oftl* accounts in xcothc• wth the rnqLIrWn￿ts ol the Chaiti&5 PLt X111. I rw in ffjspoct of my 8xaffinkn"¢m ofth• th•ty's e4ryi#d ¢￿t thdw s•¢i￿ 145 of t 2011 Aci arKI in cwwg o(rt rny a¥Arn4b'(m, I have fo*>M*d al the *'cth gNen by Ch¥ty Coryynr￿￿jffl undw s￿1￿0 145FIPI of the kt. I have cef￿t exanirAtKJll. I have Tr) conwrs ar•J have 03me ￿X£6S no othw matters n c￿n￿l£￿ with the eXary•nat￿ to whth stt8rt1"(n stKKAd bB trx5 fePJt n owd8r to enatle a urKIe￿knd￿g ol thB A￿(￿rrtStO b9 rg*iwJ Clrklothw Oh dD$c￿btr. 2￿0 Cais Lodg8, Cawin¥)n R(Ad. ma*n￿ Srlth ## **Trustees' Report for the first period as CIO** Period start date Period end date 12 02 2020 30 09 2020 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Helford River Gig Club **Other names charity is known by** None **Registered charity number (if any)** 1186229 **Charity's principal address** Helford River Gig Club Chapel Hill Gweek Helston TR12 7AE ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
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1 Stephen Bagshaw Chair
2 Nicola Wilson Secretary
3 Caroline Philipps Treasurer
4 Philip Badger
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Nominations are invited, and candidates are briefed using Charity Trustee selection methods Commission Guidance. Voting is by open process with members at (eg. appointed by, elected by) the AGM. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the participation in pilot gig rowing benefiting people residing in and around the Helford River as well as the wider public residing in the **Summary of the objects of the** county of Cornwall (‘facilities’ means land, buildings, equipment and **charity set out in its** organised sporting activities) **governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** Operation of the club, and management of the assets of Helford River Gig Club for the promotion of pilot gig rowing. Statutory Declaration: The trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers or duties. ## Section D Achievements and performance The Helford River Gig Club (HRGC) registered as a Charitable **Summary of the main** Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 8 November 2019. The assets of **achievements of the charity** the old unincorporated club were formally vested to the new CIO on **during the year** the 11 February 2020. In the normal course of events, HRGC is an amateur Cornish pilot gigrowing club allowing members to take part in rowing and social events throughout the year. Members row on the Helford River near Falmouth and also take part in various events organised by other gig clubs throughout the season including the World championships on Scilly. HRGC owns 2 GRP training gigs which are kept at Helford Passage and normally has 3 wooden racing gigs. However, during this period, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, normal activities have not been possible. In spite of the difficult circumstances, the club has maintained contact with the members, promoted healthy activities and achieved a return to rowing following British Rowing guidelines. However, it has had to temporarily suspend it sessions to encourage newcomers to gig rowing. Due to the on going pandemic, all the annual competitive pilot gig events due to be held after the 23 March 2020, when a nationwide lockdown was announced, were cancelled. In addition, no fundraising events were held once the lockdown was announced. The club was fortunate that it was able to host the annual Mini Scillies event just prior to the lockdown, from which the club raised some funds through various fundraising activities such as cake and food sales and raffles. The club was successful in its application to the Cornwall Council for a grant of £10,000 to support businesses during the pandemic. This allowed the club to reduce the membership renewal fees for next year, in recognition of the hardship that the pandemic has caused. During the period, the club had 165 paid up members. It is hoped that with the reduction in membership fees, most members will be in a position to renew their membership. The club has also continued with plans to ensure that it maintains its facilities. To this end, one of the wooden gigs was sold during this period and the proceeds will be put towards the cost of a replacement gig, the order for which was placed in 2019. In addition, the trustees have continued to explore the plan approved by members to redevelop the clubhouse and to apply for planning permission (yet to March **2012** **TAR** 2 be approved) in relation to this. The implementation of this action plan is still in the preliminary stages. ## **Section E Financial review** The charity does not formally hold any reserves, however approximately **Brief statement of the** £12,000 is held in a separate deposit account for unspecified **charity’s policy on reserves** capital/emergency purposes. In addition, the charity is currently holding an amount to cover the purchase of a new gig, payment for which is due in the next financial year. The amount outstanding for the new gig is approximately £25,000. **Details of any funds materially** The charity is not materially in deficit. **in deficit** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Stephen Bagshaw **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 16 November 2020 **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ## **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Caroline Philipps **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)** **Date** 16 November 2020 March **2012** **TAR** 3