## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From Period start date 01/04/2024 To Period end date 01/04/2025** ## **Charity name: Tees River Rescue** ## **Charity registration number: 1187247** ## **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:
a. The preservaton and protecton of life in and
around the River Tees by deploying a river
rescue craf with a fully trained crew at the
request of emergency services and by providing
routne river safety patrols.
b. The advancement of educaton among the
public in water safety.| |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|In the period 1/04/2024 to 01/04/2025 we have
provided safety patrols, atended multple
incidents and supported other actvites on the
river.
We have reacted to spontaneous incidents and
have been on hand to prevent people falling or
jumping into the river.
We have provided safety cover at various river
events through the summer and rescued several
people from the water. We have assisted with
searches at the request of Cleveland Police. We
have also engaged with local events to promote
water safety and promote the work of our
charity.| |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 due regard to the public
beneft guidance given by the Charity
Commission in conductng their role| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference The charity does not make any grants. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |||| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Due to the charity size we do not have a
policy on social investment| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers have contributed 2628 hours of
voluntary activity in the reporting period
including attendance at events, training and
responding to call outs.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference The charity has continued to provided a much needed service and support to users of the River Tees in the reporting period. Summary of the main Para 1.20 achievements of the charity, The charity has continued to recruit a small identifying the difference the number of volunteers, secured grants to charity’s work has made to continue its services. We have been able to the circumstances of its provide the following: beneficiaries and any wider Events (patrols and support to events) benefits to society as a Emergency callouts whole. Training events and activities Education activities ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |||| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The result for the year was a small surplus, the
charity remains in overall surplus with a sizeable
donaton which has increased our funds.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Any reserves which have been generated in the
year are carried forward to the next fnancial
year and are used to provide additonal training
and charity's policy on reserves equipment and
used against operatonal costs — fuel,
maintenance costs etc| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|Public donations are the main source of
funding. The charity has also delivered some
training courses which it has invoiced for
which has returned a small income stream.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Ongoing increasing costs.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|In accordance with Tees River Rescue
consttuton a trustee is voted onto the
organisaton. The consttuton allows for a
maximum of 12 and minimum of 3. As the
charity is small, we will maintain a low number
to keepthe focus of the charitytght.| |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|In accordance with Tees River Rescue
consttuton a trustee is voted onto the
organisaton. The consttuton allows for a
maximum of 12 and minimum of 3. As the
charity is small, we will maintain a low number
to keep the focus of the charity tght.| ## **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|Tees River Rescue| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1187247| |Charity’s principal address|6-7 Castlegate Quay, Stockton On Tees, TS18 3BB| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||James Ruddock|Chair Of Trustees|Wholeyear|| ||Robert Lynas|Trustee|Wholeyear|| ||Jayden Marrison|Trustee|Wholeyear|| ||Sarah Marrison|Trustee|Wholeyear|| – 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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None 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 ## **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **None** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** J Ruddock **Full name(s)** James Ruddock **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 24/12/2025 ||**Tees River Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Tees River Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**Tees River Rescue**
**Charity Name**|**1187247**
**No (if any)**|**1187247**
**No (if any)**|**1187247**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|02/04/2024
Period start date|**To**||01/04/2025
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,516**
**25,015**
**-**
**-**
**5,361**
**479**
**239**
**-**

**32,610**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,610**
**14,736**
**127**
**796**
**3,658**
**5,772**
**395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,484**
**3,339**
**3,339**
**28,823**
**3,787**
**-**
**-**
**3,787**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,657**
**23,657**
**23,657**
**- 23,657**
**-**
**-**
**- 23,657**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,516**
**25,015**
**-**
**-**
**5,361**
**479**
**239**
**-**
**32,610**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,610**
**14,736**
**127**
**796**
**3,658**
**5,772**
**395**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,484**
**-**
**26,996**
**26,996**
**52,480**
**- 19,870**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants|**1,516**||||||**61,494**| |Fundraising|**25,015**||||||**15,291**| |Tradingincome|**-**||||||**-**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**-**||||||**765**| |HMRC VAT126 CLAIM|**5,361**||||||**11,383**| |Middlesborough Lottery|**479**||||||**694**| |Other income|**239**||||||**660**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**32,610**||||||**90,287**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**90,287**| ||||||||| |
Charitable Activities|**14,736**||||||**11,203**| |RaisingFunds|**127**||||||**476**| |Maintenance|**796**||||||**1,235**| |Insurance|**3,658**||||||**2,008**| |Equipment / Uniform / PPE|**5,772**||||||**127**| |Governance|**395**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**25,484**||||||**15,049**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||||||||| ||**3,339**||||||**38,093**| |**_Sub total_ **|**3,339**||||||**38,093**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**53,142**| ||||||||| ||**3,787**|**- 23,657**|**-**||**- 19,870**||**37,145**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**3,787**|**- 23,657**|**-**||**- 19,870**||**37,145**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/01/2026 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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Vehicles & Vessels
Vehicles & Vessels
Furniiture & Equipment
Current account
Savings account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**11,951**
**-**
**16,661**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,612**
**-**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
RESTRICTED
**70,205**
UNRESTRICTED
**4,000**
UNRESTRICTED
**11,074**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/01/2026 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees** Charity Name Tees River Rescue **On accounts for the year** 1 April 2025 **Charity no** 1187247 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 & 2 (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 **01/04/2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 22 January 2026 **Signed: Name:** Rob Conner **Relevant professional** ACA (ICAEW) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 12 Tranter Crescent, Aberlady, Longniddry, EH32 0UF 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of** n/a **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**