## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 November 2022 Period start date To 30 October 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Viking Kayak Club** ## **Charity registration number: 1190021** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 group led and coached
paddlesport sessions.
Provision of training in relation to Safety
and Rescue.
Coaching for participation in paddlesport
competition i.e. polo, racing and slalom.
Provision of equipment and training for
paddle sport activities.
Organisation of polo, racing and slalom
events and competitions.| |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 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The club is run, and activities organised
and led, entirely by volunteers. Volunteers
have 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 removal of invasive Himalayan
Balsam.
Assisted Bedfordshire Bat group with river
bat surveys.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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 multiple days of the week.
Indoor paddle skill sessions were run
during the winter months.
River litter picks.
Organised two slalom competitions and
one regional marathon competition.
Held come and try-it sessions for the
general public.
Supported volunteers with coaching and
leadership training and assessment.| ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |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 £79,770 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.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|General reserve £15,000
President Contingency reserve £8,865
An amount is also held to mitigate loss of
paddlesport equipment.| |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|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal source of funding is from
membership fees.
Further funding is provided from donations,
grants, organising 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 insufficient
volunteer leaders.| |Other||The club has actively invested in new and
existing session leaders with funding
provided for British Canoeing courses
and Safeguarding training.
New racing/polo/sit on top kayaks and
paddle boards have been purchased.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## **Description of charity’s trusts:** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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| |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
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11|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicholas Taylor|Chair||| ||Anne Dorber|General Member||| ||Robert Bates|General Member||| ||Richard Charles
Smith|Equipment Officer||| ||Richard Harpham|SafetyOfficer||| ||TonyPerry|Secretary||| ||Graham Jones|Welfare Officer||| ||Patrick O’Hara|Treasurer||| ||Lewis Stockwell|General Member|From 30 Nov
2022|| ||Paul Dodson|General Member|Until 30 Nov 2022|| |||||| ## **– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved** **Director name** |**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |None||| |||| |**Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity**||| |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |Tony Perry||Boat store lease – Poynter’s
Boat House.| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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** 09/05/2024 CHARITY COMMISSIQN FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Vlklng Kayak Club 1190021 Recel ts and ents accounts 3010912023 CC16a For th& porlod 0111012022 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds R88trict8d lunds Endowment funds Total funds Last year toth• nMr•*t £ to th• nk4r4•t£ to lh• nMrMt£ to lh• n•ar•ot£ A1 Recelpts Runnin 9 Club- Income MemD8rsnip SUD#D￿0Th5 Bostps¢k Feos Cai Park 8aDk Intere81 Club A¢bwty. In¢¢y E￿nIS Grants. Fundrnkgina. OonBtion5 & 0th Key DBw¥its Rcceivod 1972 $,972 905 8,127 429 474 19.C48 &551 7.541 ¢0 Sub total(Gross income forAR) A2 A68•t and I￿￿$1m•nt 8al•8,18 tablel. J3.741 60 33.801 39,702 uiprnenl Di5 301 7JO 730 Sub total 3111 301 60 34103 40,432 Running thè club.Expe￿ilUr• Clubhous8 Cogls I￿1￿)n Fees Equipmgnl Repairs TNlerCosts Aornin & Oiher Cosis Wèbsik CoSL8 ClubTrophi85 & En BaDk Charges Club At￿vIles. EXp6nd￿re Events & Acti￿￿86 Bank Cha Key Dopostts Fwmed 1,151 1,328 1,437 1,328 1,437 250 139 22$ 7T6 139 22$ 186 217 135 217 ra 217 203 14.030 213 14,030 213 75 22.n6 12,￿7 221 es 75 75 Sub total 22.711 16.715 A4 Asset and Invo$tsn•nt urehas•s, 8•8 tabl• EquiwneDt Purthase 10.297 10.297 10.297 10.297 4093 4,093 Sub total 33,009 7$ 33.1)M 20,808 Not of rocelpts4p8yments) AS Transfgr8 bo¢woen fvnds A6 Ca•h funds last end C•sh fuftd$ thi$ y••r 1.034 1.019 19,624 78,736 79,770 1,195 79,931 80.gso 60.308 79.931 CCXX Rl ateounts ISSI 1110412024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrict•d funds tts r*•r•*t£ 2,895 Rastricted funds t• n••rwt£ El￿OwM0￿I funds CatggoII*s Deiakls B1 Cash fund$ Currnnl PayP&l Zeive Stripo Depostt ITrv&51m8nt 217 76.058 Total cash funds 79,770 1,1BO Unr•strlct•d funds I w&r•¥¢£ R•strfct•d funds to n••r•¥¢f Endowm•nt funds Details Dobts tOM￿n9 K8y8k ca￿ts B2 Oth•r mon•tary assets Fundtowhl¢h Co•t loptkndi urrw*valwt on B3 Inv•stm•nt ass•ts None Fundt•whl Co¥t lupknall Curront IkJD• B4 Ass•ts r•tain8d for the charitys own u¥0 Clublv)u8e Le￿t0 1710312116 CanD85. Ka￿kS & SUPS Canoe Trailer Paddling Equiwnenl Event Eq￿prnenI unr851nd￿$ UnreBthct& UnFe8thdad Fund to wNGh *4Tr0untd l*Th•n du• B5 Llabllhles Key Deposlls Reslrict8d 1.180 1. Wi￿n9 Kaydkaubhgs not¥vqn anygjarantoos knthlch¥v• tOA POtonl4 Ilabllty ottho daté orth 5talemenL ?. Mklng Kayak ttub¢J￿ Who¥oany<*bts 9￿Jr8d anyof ts88$6ts 8tthe d8t&oflhi8 $tstsrn8nL 3. dubthtssa le89e shown w B4 A¥seb retsin￿ foriho ¢hariv8th￿ ￿. 1$ wNonlyh8kl byviknng K•i* ¢￿b ICASCI p8ndiw transfor tovikiw Kayak Club ICIOI. SvJned by one or truste88 M b8ha of dl the trustees Date of roval Signaturè Print Narnè Pfjlrick O'Har8 Truste8 & Treasurer CCXX R2 attou*ts ISSI 1110412024 CHARITY (OMMISSSON FOR ENGLAND AND VIALES Independent examine￿5 report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the tNsteesl mernbors of V*ing Kayak Club On accounts for the year 30th Septerrt*r 2023 Charfty no {if anyl 119J021 Set out on pages 2&3 I report to tho trustees on my examwthn of the aLwunts oflhe above chw fthe Trusf) forthe year ended 3010912023. Rosponsibllltios and l>asls of report Ats ch*ity's trustees. you are resporribl8 for the preparation ofthe accounts in ￿)rdan￿ with the requirett￿nts ofthe Ch&Tties AGt 2011 {Ih8 Acr). I report in r&sp8(a of my ex8mlnalh)n ol tho Trust's 8co)unts c*rried (¥ut under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying out my examination. I . have followed all the appli(able DwectN)rts gNen by the Chanty Commission under sectii)n 14515)(b) of ￿ ACL Independent I have completed my exanination. I ￿nfirM that no material matter5 have 0xamin0￿$ statement come to my att￿trOn in eonnéction with the examsn•lFon whieh gThfe# me ca￿e to believe that in, any material resFect Ihe accx)unting records b*r8 kept n aC0)rdan￿ Ydth section 130 of the CharÈtses Act or lh& ao>)unts d￿￿ not accord with the ac¥xfyunting records", or the accounts dtd not compty with the applicabSe requirements Con￿￿1￿9 the form aTKI conlefit of a￿QU[rtS set out in Ihe Charities IAc(wrts and ResK¥ts) R￿jUlationS 2CQ8 other than any requirement that the acGounts gNe a Irue and fairf view whith is not a tnatter nsvjered as part of an Inder￿￿jant eyAmin8tlc￿. I have no ￿nc￿lS an(f have ¢J)me across rK) Other malters in ￿nneC￿lOn with th8 examinatr￿ to whith attention shcyjkj be drawn in this report in order to 8nable a proper urKl8rstandry ￿the accounts to b8 reach&l. Signod: 22 Name: Relevant profgssional qual¥fication{$) or body (if any): Rebreil Head of Researc* Finnce, Cranfield Unwersty Address: IER Oct 2018