## **FISH VOLUNTEER CENTRE (Reg. Charity No. 1189325) Treasurer’s Report 2023-24**
## **Commentary**
## **For the period April 2023 – March 2024**
FISH Volunteer Centre, charity number 1189325, is an incorporated charity with a gross income of less that £250,000 per annum. The annual accounts are reported as Receipts and Payments with a year-end assets and liabilities statement.
FISH is in a healthy state financially, though we are likely to have to replace the minibus in the next few years. I would like to thank all the people who have donated or regularly donate to our Charity.
During 2023-2024 the **INCOME** was £39,353.51. This is approximately 34% lower than the previous year 2022-2023 when the income was £60,021.61.
Most of this decrease was the result of a decrease in donations as in 2022-2023 we received a large single donation. However as in previous years a large part of our income came from donations.
The car driving income was steady at £8816 for the year; compared with £7712, £8804, £7,900 and £8,261 in previous years.
A new investment account was set up in April 2023 with the United Trust Bank. We also opened two deposit accounts with NatWest earlier in 2024 which are now starting to accrue interest.
We also applied for and received £2531.93 in Gift Aid.
**PAYMENTS** for the year were £18,687.02, £1,663.26 (10%) more than the previous year total of £17,023.76. This is mainly a result of increased Utilities and Council Tax costs.
Miscellaneous items costs include a new laptop computer.
The resulting **SURPLUS** for the year April 2023 – March 2024 was £20,666.49.
The total of the bank balance and investments at the end of the year was £147,506.50 with petty cash of £487.
This allows **RESERVES** as follows: New Minibus Reserve: £100,000; IT Reserve: £15,000; and an Operational Reserve of £10,000. This leaves £22,506.50 in the general fund.
## **NOTES**
We will apply for Gift Aid again later this year.
Thank you to David Whitehead who collects all the cash and cheques from the office, pays them into the bank and records every transaction on the spreadsheet, no small task!
Thanks also to Geoff Ward whose advice and assistance with the spreadsheet has been invaluable.
And to Brian Cresswell who is the Independent Examiner of our accounts,
Treasurer: Helen Fitchett 7th July 2024
## **FISH Volunteer Centre Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 Receipts and Payments Account**
## **Charity number 1189325**
||**Charity number 1189325**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2023-2024**||**2022-2023**||
|||_(Apr 1 - Mar 31)_||_(Apr 1 - Mar 31)_||
|**Receipts**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Car Service|Donations through Car Drivers|8,815.57|8,815.57|7,712.05|7,712.05|
|Minibus|Fares|3,720.40||2,972.75||
||Other Hire|410.00||410.00||
||SODC Bus Passes|6,932.50||6,430.00||
||Bus Sponsorship|0.00||1,450.00||
||Dept. for Transport – Fuel Rebate|186.43|11,249.33|429.79|11,692.54|
|Other Donations|Regular Donations|2,835.00||2,975.00||
||Donations|12,940.86|15,775.86|36,973.75|39,948.75|
|Other Income||||||
||Tea Parties|788.58||668.27||
||Gift Aid|2,531.93||0.00||
||Miscellaneous|0.00||0.00||
||Deposit Interest|192.24|3,512.75|0.00|668.27|
||**Total**||**39,353.51**||**60,021.61**|
|**Payments**||||||
|**_Direct Charitable_**|**_Expenditure_**|||||
|Car Service|Drivers Expenses|-4,939.58|-4,939.58|-3,980.29|-3,980.29|
|Minibus|Fuel|-2,058.94||-2,183.60||
||Servicing and Repairs|-2,778.81||-715.95||
||Tax and Insurance|-1,796.32||-1,409.39||
||Other|-581.71|-7,215.78|-151.00|-4,459.94|
|Office Expenses|Rent, Council Tax, Electricity, Cleani|-2,957.77||-2,299.94||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Staff Costs|0.00||-43.20||
||Telephone|-188.40||-445.42||
||Stationery|-134.47||-503.30||
||Computer Expenses|0.00||-1,317.96||
||Sundries|-943.69|-4,224.33|-555.47|-5,165.29|
|Other Expenditure|Tea Parties|-916.74||-1,469.82||
||Equipment|-972.11||-454.98||
||Newsletter|-232.00||-450.00||
||Home Visiting|-186.48||||
||Miscellaneous||-2,307.33|-1,043.44|-3,418.24|
||**Total**||**-18,687.02**||**-17,023.76**|
|**Operating Surplus/Deficit for Year**|||**20,666.49**||**42,997.85**|
|Minibus|Minibus (sale of)|0.00||0.00||
||Minibus (purchase of)|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|
|New Premises|Receipts - Fund Raising|||||
||Grants received|0.00||||
||**Expenses/costs**|0.00|0.00|||
|**Transfer funds from**|**old to new FISH**|0.00|0.00|||
|**Non- Operating Surplus/Deficit for Year**|||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|||||||
|**Net Surplus/(Deficit)**|**for the year**||**20,666.49**||**42,997.85**|
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March 2024**
|**Monetary Assets**
**Bank and Cash Balances**
Natwest Current Account (New)
United Trust Bank
NatWest Deposit Account
Cash
**Total for general purposes funds as above**
**Assets retained for the Charity's own use**
Minibus
Signed: …...Helen Fitchett..........................................|**2024**
**£**
42,314.26
75,000.00
30,192.24
486.57
**147,993.07**
Date: 7th July 2024|**2023**
**£**
126,921.73
404.85|
|---|---|---|
|||**127,326.58**|
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Treasurer
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustfjes
Fish volunteer Centre
On accounts for the year
endod
31¥1 March 2024
Charity no
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118325
Sot out on page8
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charrty (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 3110312024.
Rosponslbllltle8 and
ba•18 of roport
As the chantys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Acr)
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's account8 carried out
under sethon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Diredions given by the Charty Commission
under se(*on 145(5)(b) of the Ad.
Independent
examlner'8 Statement
I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matter8
have come to my attention in connection wth the examinats'on
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
wrth the examination to N*thich attention should be dravm in this report in
order to enable a woper understanding of the acLounts lo be reached.
' Please delete the words in th8 brackets rf they do not apply.
Slgn•d:
7th July 2024
Nam•:
Bnan Cresswell
Relevant profe8slonal
qualification(s) or body
(If any):
Addr•88:
Wayang, Gallowstree Road.
Peppard Common
Oxon. RG9A
Section B
Disclosure