## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024 Charity name: The Charitable Travel Foundation Charity registration number: 1189531**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|
Para 1.17|The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship for
the public benefit in disadvantaged communities worldwide
where tourism is significant to the local economy, in
particular but not exclusively through the provision of grants.
The relief of sickness, injury, disease and other suffering for
the public benefit in disadvantaged communities worldwide
where tourism is significant to the local economy, in
particular but not exclusively through the provision of grants.
The advancement of vocational education and training for the
public benefit in disadvantaged communities worldwide
where tourism is significant to the local economy, in
particular but not exclusively through the provision of grants.|
|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|The primary activity of the charity has been, with limited
resources, to continue to build infrastructure, to further
ensure robust compliance, to further develop marketing and
communication, and to build fundraising to ensure funds are
available to deliver the public benefit, also outreach to
beneficiary parties.|
|Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
Benefit.|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission in respect of the public benefit.|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The trustees developed a policy of grant making that
complies with the approved objects of the charity and was
submitted to the Charity Commission in the approved
application for registration.|
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|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Social investment does not form a material part of the charity
activities in the view of the trustees.|
|Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity was entirely run and maintained by trustees in a
volunteering capacity in this report period.|
|Other|||
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## **Achievements and Performance**
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|Given the continued constraints of being a volunteer run
charity, the charity continued through 2024 operating on
limited resources. On 1stJuly 2024, our founder, trustee
and lead fund raiser Melissa Tilling, died suddenly, and from
that point, charity activities were halted whilst the way
forward was considered.
Up until that point we had continued to focus on building
the donor and beneficiary project outreach to ensure long
term success in delivering the public benefit. We did
experience a decline in donations, considered due to the
cost of living crisis.
Whilst grants were discussed and put into the planning
stages, we did not provide any grants during this period
as the focus had been on the need to continue fund
raising.|
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|Achievements against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|Our objective is to maximise the opportunity for fundraising
within our resource.|
|Investment performance against
objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Para 1.21|Reserves grew slightly due to fundraising in the first six
month period of 2024. As of 31stDecember 2024,
£21,835.26washeldinthe bankaccount.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The CIO was created as a fund to be deployed in the
instance of communities that depend on tourism whose
tourism income has been removed for reasons outside of
their control and who do not have access to welfare state
provision. Reserves accumulate until projects that fall within
the CIO remit are identified for support.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|As of 31~~st~~December 2024, funds held in the bank account
totalled £21,835.26.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable to the period.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable to the period.|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern|Para 1.23|There are no concerns held by the trustees about the
charity continuing as a going concern.|
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|The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal source of funds has continued to be corporate
and individual donors connected with the travel and tourism
industry.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable to the period.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk to the charity is the continued impact on
the principle source of funds from donors connected with
the travel industry. The trustees would stress that these
do not jeopardise the charity but do delay impact
fulfilment.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:||Not applicable in this period.|
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document.|
|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|As per the Governing document the appointment of charity
trustees -
(1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must
be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution
passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity
trustees.
(2) In selecting individuals for appointment as charity
trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the
skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|These are defined in the governing document as being the
provision of
(a) a copy of the current version of the
constitution/governing document; and
(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report
and statement of accounts.|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|The charity had a board of five trustees during this
reporting period up until 1stJuly when Melissa Tilling died,
Melissa was the key volunteer who supported the day to
day running of the charity without remuneration. There are
no other volunteers orpaid staff members.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|There are no relationships with any other parties.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Charitable Travel Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|The Charitable Travel Fund|
|Registered charity number|1189531|
|Charity’s principal address|Contingent Works
Broadway Buildings
Elmfield Road Bromley
Kent BR1 1LW|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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|1|Christopher Lee|Chair&Treasurer|||
|2|Melissa Tilling
(deceased1st July2024)||||
|3|Susan Smith||||
|4|Steven Thompson||||
|5|Sarah Loftus||||
|6|Deborah Haw||||
## **Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved**
**Director name** NOT APPLICABLE
## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in NOT APPLICABLE this capacity Name and objects of the charity on NOT APPLICABLE whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe NOT APPLICABLE custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
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## **Declarations**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature**||
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|**Full name(s)**|CHRISTOPHER LEE|
|**Position (e.g. Secretary,**
**Chairetc)**|CHAIR|
|**Date**|20thAugust 2025|
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**Name No (if any) The Charitable Travel Foundation 1189531 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Jan-24 31-Dec-24
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**2,077**
**43**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,120**
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**2,120**
**466**
**60**
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**526**
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**-**
**-**
**526**
**1,594**
**-**
**20,241**
**21,835**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
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**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,077**
**43**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**2,120**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,077**
**43**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,120**
**-**
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**-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|Donations|**2,077**|||||**-**|
|Bank interest|**43**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,120**|||||**-**|
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**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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**466**
**60**
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**-**
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**526**
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**526**
**1,594**|||
|Grant donations||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**466**|||||**-**|
|Monthlyaccount fee(bank)|**60**|||||**-**|
|Expenses||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**526**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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||**20,241**|**-**|**-**|**20,241**||**-**|
||**21,835**|**-**|**-**|**21,835**||**-**|
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## **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
_Sarah Loftus_
**Details**
**Details**
Bank balance as of 31 Dec 24
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**21,835**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**21,835**
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OK
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SARAH LOFTUS|**Endowment**
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||_Sarah Loftus_|SARAH LOFTUS|20/08/2025|
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