## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2022 Period start date To 31 March 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Coffin Club Derby**
## **Charity registration number: 1186505**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance education for the public benef
about issues relating to death and end of lif
celebration planning in such ways as th
trustees may from time to time determine|
|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|Productions, education sessions, and talks
around end of life and death.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**commission on public benefit.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference **Several events took place this year, including more 1:1 meetings with businesses raising awareness of alternative provisions of funerals including venues.**
|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|**Coffin Club Derby have been asked to**
**arrange an event to be featured on a**
**national ITV programme in April 2024.**
**Further details will be in next years**
**annual report.**
**At the moment the organisation is an**
**information provider, and the difficult**
**juxtaposition as Coffin Club UK moves**
**away from the core purpose continues**
**to be of concern.**
**Coffin Club Derby now has a website**
**and after initial support on the social**
**media aspect has had some setbacks.**
**Our Chair continues to be invited to**
**talks and continues to promote Coffin**
**Club.**
**It was agreed to look into developing**
**into Bereavement and Death Cafes.**
**No funds have been spent or raised in**
**the last year. The work of the trustees**
**ensures that events can be put on for**
**free, with donations of venues, drinks**
**and food.**|
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Financial position sits at £175 in the**
**bank account.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To ensure continuation of charity**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£174.75**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Due to support of the community the**
**charity continues to be able to continue.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Governing Document**|
|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 agreed to continue at the**
**beginning of each financial year. New**
**Trustees are appointed on agreement of**
**all three trustees.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|CoffinClubDerby|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1186505|
|Charity’s principal address|34 Ridgway Avenue, Littleover, Derby, DE23 1GB|
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||Selena Robson|Chair|2019 -||
||Daniel Cogswell|Secretary|2019-||
||Gavin Meredith|Treasurer|2019||
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## **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**
**Signature(s)** Selena Robson **Full name(s)** Selena Robson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 08/04/2024
|Coffin Club Derby|Accounts for 2023/2024||||
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|Date|Name|Income||Outgoings|
|Total Income||**£**|**174.75**
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|Total Outgoing|||||
|Total||**£**|**174.75**
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