GREATWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT
1[ST] APRIL 2020 – 31[ST] MARCH 2021
CHARITY NAME: Greatworth Community Transport Association
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1189162
PRINCIPAL OFFICE: Doralea, Helmdon Road, Greatworth, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2DL
LIST OF TRUSTEES:
Richard Frank Edwards (Chairman) Richard Hooper (Treasurer) Simon Julien Bingham Michael Froom Martin Leslie Gaskin
GOVERNING DOCUMENT: The governing document is the charity’s constitution which was last amended on 21[st] April 2020
ENTITLEMENT TO APPOINT 1 OR MORE TRUSTEES: There is no
person or external body with an entitlement to appoint any trustees. Trustees are appointed by the members.
PURPOSES: The purpose of the charity is to provide a community transport service, for such inhabitants of the parish of Greatworth & Halse and its environs, who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or poverty or lack of availability of adequate and safe public transport services.
MAIN ACTIVITIES: The main activities are related to running a community minibus to provide transport services to members of the GCTA Travel Club. The minibus services are run under a Section 19 Permit which allows us to transport members of the GCTA Travel Club but does not allow us to transport the general public. The activities include:
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Regular services to nearby towns and villages
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Transport for community groups and organisations to requested destinations
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Transport for the local primary school for curricular and extracurricular activities
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Transport for the local Pre-School
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Organised trips to leisure activities and sporting events
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Excursions to places of interest
These activities are undertaken to meet the stated charitable purposes.
SECTION 4 OF THE 2006 ACT: The trustees state that they have complied with Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 giving due regard to guidance on public benefit published by the Charities Commission.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR: Formed in April 2020, the charity was successful in obtaining a grant award from the HS2 Community & Environment Fund for a three-year lease and running costs for a minibus with a tail-lift for disabled access. The first portion of the grant was received in October 2020 allowing us to place an order for a three-year lease on a minibus. Due to the long lead time for the provision and tail-lift conversion for wheelchair access, the minibus was not received within the current year. Therefore, due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to provide any transport services during the year.
RESERVES: At the end of the financial year, the charity has reserves of £13,168 held as cash at the bank. These reserves are required to operate the transport services over the next 6 months. Then the second portion of the grant funding should be received. All money held will be used solely and entirely on the provision of community transport services.
CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE: The charity does not hold any funds or assets as a custodian trustee on behalf of others.
Charity Name No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date To from
Period start date Period end date To
Section A Receipts and payments
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grants 39,988 - - 39,988
Donation 500 - - 500
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) 40,488 - - 40,488
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total receipts 40,488 - - 40,488
A3 Payments
Minibus Lease 24,362 - - 24,362
Insurance, Training, Administration 2,507 - - 2,507
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Sub total 26,869 - - 26,869
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments 26,869 - - 26,869
Net of receipts/(payments) 13,619 - - 13,619
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 13,619 - - 13,619
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | ||
| B1 Cash funds | Cash at Bank | Total cash funds | to nearest £ 13,619 - - 13,619 |
to nearest £ - - - - |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | |||
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| funds | funds | ||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
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| charity’s own use | - - - - - - - - |
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| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name |
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Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Greatworth Community Transport Association I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Greatworth Community Transwrt Association (the Trust) forthe year ended 31 March 2021. Responsibllltles and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Tnjst you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Art 20111'the ACVI. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sectton 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions gnien by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. l. accounting records were not kept in respert of the Trust as reqUId by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. 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 o proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Name.. Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies Irf any1= Address= Date.. 1 StL lo QI