## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/4/2024 Period start date To 31/3/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Voluntary Car Scheme (Lichfield and Cannock Chase areas) Charity registration number: 1186649** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are to provide transport
facilites for benefciaries who live in
Stafordshire, especially in the Lichfeld &
Cannock Chase and the surrounding areas, for
those people who are in need, including frail,
elderly, poor or disabled to improve and
maintain their health and wellbeing by
atending health and social setngs.| |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|The benefts from the project include:
Improved or stable health of members of our
community due to them being able to atend
important health appointments and ultmately
staying out of costly hospital beds Less
isolaton for clients and for volunteers Less cost
to the public purse i.e. annually, over 2500
more cost efectve journeys to health
appointments instead of using hospital
transport. Improved mental and social
wellbeing for visitors and the visited in
hospitals and care setngs. More convenient
and reassuring to the client as the drivers wait
and return the client home afer their
appointment.
Any resident who has no private transport
available and cannot use or fnds it difcult to
use the local bus or train service to undertake
essental journeys. People living within the
Lichfeld, Tamworth and Cannock Chase areas
are the users of the service. The criteria used
is: Visitng your doctor, dentst, chiropodist,
optcian, health appointments Visitng sick
relatves to connect a bus or train service
where public transport is suitable for your
journey but you need the scheme to get you to
the public transport terminus Atendance at a
hospital clinic or health clinic where Health| |||Authority transport is not provided| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have had regard to guidance issued by
the Charity Commission| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|The scheme operates with the support of 21
volunteer drivers, 5 Admin volunteers and I
part tme member of staf.
The journeys included appointments at local
GP’s, dentsts, chiropodists, physios, optcians.
Journeys took place in Stafordshire, West
Midlands, Shropshire, Leicestershire and
Derbyshire.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review** Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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|Voting| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Voluntary Car Scheme (Lichfield and Cannock Chase
areas)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|n/a| |Registered charity number|1186649| |Charity’s principal address|Beacon Community Church
7d Bridge Cross Road
Burntwood
WS7 2BU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Patricia Hassall|Trustee||| ||Michael Riggott|Trustee||| ||Christine Thomas|Trustee||| ||TonyMorris|Trustee||| ||Melvyn Glynne
Poulsom|Trustee||| ||Trevor Dean|Chair||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A 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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **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)** **Full name(s)** Trevor Dean **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**7,200**
**485**
**4,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**- 2,570**
**-**
**-**
**- 2,570**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**7,200**
**485**
**4,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**- 2,570**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,338**
**7,200**
**485**
**4,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,908**
**- 2,570**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |CLIENTS|**9,338**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**9,338**||**7,222**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**9,338**|||**9,338**||**7,222**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**9,338**||**7,222**| |||||||| |SALARY & HMRC|**7,200**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,200**||**7,246**| |PAYROLL PROCESSING|**485**|||**485**||**528**| |OFFICE COSTS|**4,223**|||**4,223**||**5,153**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,908**|||**11,908**||**12,927**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**11,908**||**12,927**| |||||||| ||**- 2,570**|**-**|**-**|**- 2,570**||**- 5,705**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**- 2,570**|**-**|**-**|**- 2,570**||**- 5,705**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/07/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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