
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** _**1[st] Janury 2024**_ **Period start date To** _**31[st] December 202**_ **4 Period end date** 

**Charity name:** _**Wulfruna Land & Water Lifesavers**_ 

**Charity registration number:** _**1188565**_ 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The objects for which the CIO is**<br>**established is to further the saving of**<br>**lives, whether by prevention or rescue,**<br>**for the public benefit in on or near water**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Providing lifesaving skills and training**<br>**to the community for people aged 8**<br>**years and older.**<br>**Providing community first responders**<br>**onbehlf of West Midlands Ambulance**<br>**Service University NHS Foundation**<br>**Trust.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees are happy that objectives**<br>**and activities listed above, have been**<br>**and continue to be met by its work.**<br>**The trustees are satisfied with the**<br>**Charity Commission’s guidance on**<br>**public benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Vounteers provide their time free of**<br>**charge when representing the charity.**<br>**Volunteers are reimbursed for any**<br>**expenditure made onbehalf of the**<br>**charity agreed with committee with**<br>**appropriate receipts/invoices supplied.**|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity continues to award**<br>**participants of its programmes with**<br>**relevant awards when achieved; the**<br>**awards mainly issued are those from**<br>**The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS**<br>**UK).**<br>**Volunteers have attended various 999**<br>**calls within the community, helping to**<br>**stablisie patients prior to the arrival of**<br>**paramedic crews.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Income 2024: £1,061.60**<br>**Expenditure 2024: £666.86**<br>**Balance: £4,000.89**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**All monies are held in 1 single account.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**In the accounts, money is allocated**<br>**against its planned works and projects**<br>**for each section within the charity.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution CIO Foundation Model**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are elected by votes cast at the**<br>**AGM and serve a minimum of 3-years in**<br>**office as detailed in the constitution.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Wulfruna Land & Water Lifesavers|
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|Other name the charity uses|WLWLS (Working name)<br>Wolverhampton Canoe Lifeguards (Working name)<br>Wolverhampton Prepared (Working name)<br>Wolverhampton Save a Life (Working name)<br>Wulfruna CFRs (Working name)<br>Wulfruna Lifesavers (Working name)<br>Wulfruna Rescue (Working name)<br>Wulfruna Search & Rescue (Working name)|
|Registered charity number|118565|
|Charity’s principal address|The Church of The Good Shepherd<br>Second Avenue<br>Low Hill|





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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Adrian McDowell|Chair|5||
||Jane Spindler|Vice-Chair|4||
||Bridget Chambers|Treasurer|5||
||Zoe Brown|Secretary|1||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for N/A 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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

N/A 

## **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)** Adrian John M[c] Dowell 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 02/01/2025 



Here is the summary of the accounts for Wulfruna Land & Water Lifesavers, Reg. Charity 1188565, as of **18:00 on 31/12/2024** 

|**Opening Balance**|**£3,606.15**|
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|**Income**|£1,061.60|
|**Expenditure**|£666.86|
|**Yearly Balance:**|**£394.74**|
|**Overall Balance:**|**£4,000.89**|
|**_General Funds_**|£800.69|
|**_Lifesaving_**|£409.71|
|**_OWL_**|£440.00|
|**_Wulfruna CFRs_**|£1,694.10|
|**_EFA_**|£0.00|
|**_SAR_**|£656.39|
|**_Warden_**|£0.00|
|**_Welfare_**|£0.00|
|**_WSALS_**|£0.00|
|**_Petty Cash_**|£0.00|



## Pending income: 

|**Invoice Date**|**Description**|**Amount**|**Payee**|
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||**Grand Total**|**£0.00**||



## Pending Expenditure: 

|**Date**|**Description**|**Amount**|**Payee**|
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|07/10/2024|Caitlin Membership-made in error|£24.00|Mr A J McDowell|
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||**Grand Total**|**£24.00**||



## Payments made on behalf of Wulfruna Lifesavers by members: 

|**Date**|**Description**|**Amount**|**Payee**|
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||**INCOME**|**INCOME**|||
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|**_General Funds_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||**01/01/2024**|**BALANCE**||**£837.03**|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Wednesfield Canal Festival Aug23|£15.75|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Good Shepherd Coffee Morning - Dec 23|£100.00|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Asda store collection|£172.32|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Bradley Canal Festival|£5.10|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Wednesfield Canal Festival Aug24|£16.43|
||30/08/2024|45WOLVERHAMPTON||£155.00|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£1,301.63**|
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|**_Lifesaving_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||**01/01/2024**|**BALANCE**||**£318.66**|
||09/01/2024|WLUThompson BGC|Isaha Thompson Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||09/01/2024|WLIThompson BGC|Uriah Thompson Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||10/01/2024|Bowcott JM|Kacie Fellows Lifesaving Club<br>Membership (£15 paid direct to<br>RLSS)|£11.00|
||27/02/2024|WLAROSIER FT|Abigail Rosier Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||27/02/2024|WLGROSIER FT|Gabriella Rosier Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||07/10/2024|Caitlin Membership|Payment made in error|£24.00|
||27/11/2024|WLJStrong|James Strong Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||27/11/2024|WLAStrong|Alex Strong Lifesaving<br>Membership|£26.00|
||18/12/2024|WLLJordan|Lifesaving Membership|£26.00|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£535.66**|
|**_OWL_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||**01/01/2024**|**BALANCE**||**£440.00**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£440.00**|
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|**_Wulfruna CFRs_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||**01/01/2024**|**BALANCE**||**£1,354.07**|
||25/07/2024|FLETCHER M & KR|Wton tennis club BGC|£100.00|
||16/08/2024|48WOLVERHAMPTON|Morrisons store collection|£280.00|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£1,734.07**|
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|**_EFA_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£0.00**|
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|**_SAR_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||**01/01/2024**|**BALANCE**||**£656.39**|
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||**INCOME**|**INCOME**|||
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|**_Warden_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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|**_Welfare_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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|**_WSALS_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£0.00**|
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|**_Petty Cash_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Grand Total**|**£4,667.75**|



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||**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**_General Funds_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||07/05/2024|BCFEST 2024 BBP|Bradley Canal<br>Festival Stall|£10.00|
||07/05/2024|DISPLAY STANDS BBP|Leaflet Display<br>Stands|£51.77|
||24/07/2024|Bill Payment - 157757 BBP|RLSS Annual Club<br>Membership|£132.00|
||02/09/2024||Gazebo and<br>Sides|£307.17|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£500.94**|
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|**_Lifesaving_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||07/05/2024|UKI000067 BBP|Lifesaving Member<br>Payments|£60.00|
||02/09/2024||Rookie Progress<br>Books|£65.95|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£125.95**|
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|**_OWL_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£0.00**|
|**_Wulfruna CFRs_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
||07/05/2024|CFR POLO SAMPLE 2<br>BBP|CFR Uniform Polo Shirt<br>Sample 1|£21.98|
||07/05/2024|CFR POLO SAMPLE 1<br>BBP|CFR Uniform Polo Shirt<br>Sample 2|£17.99|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£39.97**|
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|**_EFA_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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|**_SAR_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||**EXPENDITURE**|**EXPENDITURE**|||
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|**_Warden_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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|**_Welfare_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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|**_WSALS_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£0.00**|
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|**_Petty Cash_**|||||
||**Date**|**Ref**|**Description**|**Amount**|
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||||**Sub-total**|**£0.00**|
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||||**Grand Total**|**£666.86**|



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