2021-02-28-accounts - Royal Chester Rowing Club

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Objectiv	es and	Activ	iti	es
				SORP reference
Summary ofthe purposes the charity as set out in its			of	Para 1 17	Royal Chester Rowing Club promotes the sport ofamateur Rowing in and
governing	document				around Chester and seeks to enable ag
					in the community to participate either
					sociall or corn etitivel
Summary activities	ofthe main in relation lo those			Para 1.17and 1 19	The club's membership is open to all and the club offers rowing to people
purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the					with all levels ofexperience; the club offers "learn to row courses" for adults
activities,	projects or				and ajunior summer school to
services identified in		the			introduce people with no rowing
accounts.					experience who can then decide
					whether they wish tojoin as long-term
					inembers. Rowing is an aerobic sport
					which has health benefits for all and the
					club brings rowing to people from age
					12to 80 lus.
Statement	confirming			Para 1.18	The Trustees have regard to the Charity
whether the trustees		have			Commission's "Public Benefit"
had regard to the guidance					guidance.
issued by	the Charity
Commission on public
benefit

ou ma c	hoose to	include fu	rther statement SORP reference	s where relevant about:	s where relevant about:
				The CIO does not make		charitable
			Para 1.38	grants
Policy on	grant making
				The CIO does not invest		its funds.
			Para 1.38
Policy on	social investment
including	program	related
investment
				The club is run	entirely	by volunteers
				and has no em	lo ees.	The coachin

Contribution	Contribution	Contribution	made by	made by	Para 1.38	comes from a mixture of unpaid
volunteers						volunteers and self employed paid
						coaches.
Other
chieve	m	e	nts	and Performance
					SORP reference
						The performance ofthe charity has been
						significantly impacted by the covid-19
						lockdown measures in force over this 12
Summary of achievements			the of	main the charity,	Para 1.20	month period. There has been no competitive rowing at all .The club has
identifying		the difference the				been able to resume recreational rowing
charity's	work has made to					subject to social distancing and covid
the circumstances				of its		measures. The club has lost some
beneficiaries			and	any wider		members during the period but has
benefits to		society as a				maintained a strong core membership.
whole.						The club has offered a partial rebate of
						subscriptions to reflect the limited
						access to club facilities, The main
						achievement ofthe charity has been to
						continue to offer the opportunity of
						healthy exercise to residents ofChester
						and surrounding areas.

Achievements against	Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising activities against objectives	Para 1.41
set
Investment performance	Para 141
against objectives
Other

Financial	Review	Review
Review of	the charity's				Para	1.21
financial position at		the	end
ofthe eriod
Statement	explaining	the			Para	1.22	The charity holds reserves to enable			it
policy for holding reserves							to maintain good quality facilities	for its
stating why they are		held					members and the bulk of its reserves
							are held to enable itto redevelop	its
							boathouse with asafe modern facility
							which will help it provide access to
							rowing for more residents ofChester
							and surroundin areas
Amount of	reserves	held			Para	1.22	6261,390year end designated and
							restricted funds [not including 625,334
							unrestricted funds
Reasons for holding		zero			Para	1.22	N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially				in	Para	1.24	There are no such funds
deficit
Explanation	ofany				Para	1 23	There are no such uncertainties.
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Additional	information		(optional)
You ma choose to include				further statements			where relevant about:
							Subscription income
							Learn to row course/ junior summer
The charity's principal sources offunds (including					Para	1.47	school Grant applications to relevant charities.
any fundraising)
							The CIO takes a cautious approach		to its
							funds which are held in listed
Investment objectives	policy and including any				Para	1.46	banks/building society and therefore protected. In these circumstances a
social investment policy							social investment policy is not
adopted							necessary.
							The main risks are loss ofmembers			due
							to lock down restrictions and loss		of
A description ofthe		principal			Para	1 46	members due to the club's poor
risks facing	the charity						premises.
Other

tructure, Governance	and Man	agement
Description ofcharity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	Trust Deed
How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO
constituted?
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	Trustees are	elected by the members	of
including details of any		the CIOat the AGM by ballot. Trustees
constitutional provisions e.g.		retire by rotation on a 1/3 basis and the
election to post or name of		dates for such retirements have been
any person or body entitled		selected by	lot. The CIO is encouraging
to appoint one or more		applications	from underrepresented
trustees		I'ou s.

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction	Policies and procedures adopted for the induction	Para 1.51
and training	oftrustees
The charity's organisational structure and any wider		Para 1.51
network with	which the
charity works
Relationship	with any related	Para1.51
parties
Other

ames	ofthe	charity tru	stees who ma	nage th	e charity
	Trustee	name	Office lif any)		Dates acted ifnot for whole ear	Name to a	ofperson (or body) entitled oint trustee ifan
1	John Boothman				Whole year
2	John C	Davies			As above
3	Andrew	Firman			As above
4	John McGarva		Committee	Chair	As above
	Michal				As above
	Palarmarczuk
6	Chloe Sheward		Club Captain		As above
7	Adam Wilson		Treasurer		As above
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