## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 November 2020 Period start date To 30 October 2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Viking Kayak Club**
## **Charity registration number: 1190021**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The promotion of community participation
in healthy recreation in particular by the
provision of facilities for participating in
paddle-sport and associated water-sports.|
|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|Provision of coached paddlesport sessions.
Provision of training in relation to Safety
and Rescue.
Coaching for participation in paddlesport
competition i.e. polo, racing and slalom.|
|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 due regard to
ensure the activities provided are for the
public benefit in so far as they are open to
anyone and provide health benefits through
increased exercise and recreation.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The club has a committed group of
volunteers that support the club by serving
on the committee, coaching members,
providing safety cover, organising events
and supporting sessions.
They have also helped to improve the local
environment by participating in river clean-
ups and management of invasive species.|
SORP reference Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|The charity organised several trips to
facilitate increased experiences and
awareness of paddling on unfamiliar rivers
and lakes.
Coached sessions were run throughout the
year on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Saturdays and Sundays.
Indoor paddle skill sessions were run
during the winter months.
First Aid training was provided for club
activity leaders.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Allowing for liabilities the charity had cash
funds of £58,402 at the end of the period.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity will aim to hold 1.5years
operating costs as a general reserve.
A separate “President’s Contingency”
reserve is provided for unexpected costs
such as legal fees.|
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|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|General reserve £15,0000
President Contingency reserve £6,621|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principle source of funding is from
membership fees.
Further funding is provided from grants,
running events and coached sessions.|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Loss of members due to lack of paddling
opportunities as a result of Covid-19.|
|Other||The club has actively invested in new and
existing session leaders with funding
provided for British Canoeing courses,
Safeguarding and First aid training.|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Description of charity’s trusts:**
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation with
voting members other than its charity
trustees|
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|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|Elected by members|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
||SORP reference||
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Run in parallel with Viking Kayak Club
CASC until such time as all assets and
labilities of Viking Kayak Club CASC can
be transferred to the CIO and the CASC
dissolved.
Affiliated to British Canoeing.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Viking Kayak Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|VKC|
|Registered charity number|1190021|
|Charity’s principal address|Poynter’s Boat House
Batts Ford
Commercial Road
Bedford
MK40 1QS|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Abi Isserlis|General Member|Until 12 Jul 21||
||Paul Dodson|General Member|||
||Richard Harpham|SafetyOfficer|||
||Graham Jones|Welfare Officer|||
||Dominic Milner|General Member|Until 5 Oct 21||
||Patrick O’Hara|Treasurer|||
|7
8
9
10
11|Katherine
Papageorgiou|General Member|From 17 Jul 21||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||TonyPerry|Secretary|||
||Richard Charles
Smith|Equipment Officer|||
||Nicholas Taylor|Chair|||
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## **– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved**
## **Director name**
None
## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|Mike Carter|Until 26 Oct 21||
|Tony Perry|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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**
**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|None|||
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** None
## **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)** Nick Taylor **Full name(s)** Tony Perry **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 24/11/2021
||Unrestricted
funds|Restricted
funds||Endowment
funds|Totalfunds|Lastyear|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Running the Club -l*cerne|||||||
|Membership Subscriptions|6.920||||6,32()||
|Boatrack Fees|756||||756||
|CarPark|429||||42'{||
|Bank tfiterest|5||||5||
|Club Activities - lncome|||||||
|Evenb&Activities|5,633||||5.633||
|Grants. Fundraisino- Donations&olfrer|6324||||6.320||
|KeyDeposits Received|||40||40||
|Sub tatal {Gross incame forAR)|20"G63||$||20,1{}3||
|||||||rr:=|
||20,063||48||zo,tcgI|I-l|
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|Run*inglheCfub - Expenditure|||||||
|Clubho*.$eCets|5,921||||5,921||
|Affiliation Fees|1.342||||1,U2||
|Eqilipment Repairs|65||||65||
|Traiier Costs|221||||221||
|Admin Costs|149||||149||
|Website Costs|212||||212||
|ClubTrogflie&EnqravinE|||||||
|Bank Charoes|132||||132||
|Club ActiYities - Expendiiure|||||||
|Evects&F.ctiviiies|4.3S8||||4,360||
|Bank Charaes|30||||30||
|KeyDeposi&Rebrmed|||||||
|S*btatal|12"434||||1143,||
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,315
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||13,749||||t3,749|I-1|
|Netofreceipts/(payments)|6,313||4t||5,35:||
|A5Transfersbetweenfunds|||||||
|A6 Cashfundslast year end
Casftfundsthisyearend|52.83t
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|Pokcyon grant making|Para 1.38||
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|Financial Review|||
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|Polie*sardprocedures|Fsa1-51||
|adoptedfortheinduct'ronand|||
|trainingoftrustees|||
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|parties||untilsucfrtlmeasallasset$andbbilitiesof|
|||Mking Kayak ClubCASCcanbetransfened|
|||to the CIOandtheCASCdissolved.|
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|ReferenceandAdmini|strative details|
|---|---|
|Charity name|Viking KayakClub|
|fiherRarnetheeharityuses|vKc|
|Registered charity nurnber|1190821|
|Chan$sprincipaladdrss|Porynte/sBoatHeuse|
||BattsFord|
||CornmercialRoad|
||Bedford|
||MK4O1QS|
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees**
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