Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Period stwt dale
Pericmj end dale
From
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charlty namè
DURHAM PADDLESPORT CLUB
Other names charity is known by
Reglsterèd charlty number (rf any)
1190431
Charity's prlncipal address
The Old Com Mill
Durham City
DH13EA
Names of tho charlty trustees who manage the charity
Dales acted If not for whole
TNst•• nam•
Offieè lif ènyl
Name of persq>n lor body) entltled
nt trustee
Ifan
Susan Porter
Current trustee
Chairperson
21.3.24
David G l(napton
Rob8rt Walling
Sophy Bage
Brian Smith
Sarah Bell
16.10.24
Chairperson
Resigned in Aug 25
21.4.24
Resigned in Aug 25
19.8.2025
Barrie Wilson
19.8.2025
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12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Names of the trustees for the charlty, If any. (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted rf not for whole
ear
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Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional Information)
of advisor
Name
Addr•ss
Name of chief executive or nanes of senlor staff members (Optional infomiation)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of the charity's trusts
CIO Constitution
Type of governing document
kjw the Charity is constituted
cio
Trustee selection melhods
Annually at AGM- Volunteers and Elected by members (113 of current
trustees)
Additlonal governance issues (Opllonal InfOrn￿tiOn)
You woy choose to indude
addittinal informats'on, where
relevant, about..
pdicies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
Iraining of trustees.,
the charity's organisational
structure and any wder
network with which the charity
works:
relationship with any related
parties.
Iruslees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures lo manage
them.
Section C
Ob'ectives and activities
The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation and care
for the enmronment in particular the provision of facilities for the sport of
water paddle sport.
Summary of the obiocts of the
charity set out in Its
governing documerrt
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The provisions of paddle sport equipment and training for ils use al the
club base on the River Wear, at the Old Com Mill, Durham City.
The opp)rtunity to participate in paddle sport at other venues in a
supportive social environment with no or nominal fees. {with Paddle
UKIBritish Canoeing) qUalif￿d coaches. leaders and instructors.
All actimties of the Charity have regard for Ihe Charily Cc¥nmission's
Guidance on Public Benefit
Surnmary ofthe main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
thes• objècts (includé withln
this section the slatutory
declaralion thal trustees have
had regard lo the guidance
Sssued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
Addltlonal detalls of objectives and activitses (Optional infomiation}
The Charity does not make grants
The Charity does not make investments other than in assets for the
Charity purpose.
I Charity offI￿r$. coaches. leaders. instructors are volunteers. who give
up their time to provide the d)arity purposes at no cost to the clublcharity.
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relèvant. about..
policy on grantmaking.,
policy programme related
investment.,
contribution made by
volunteers.
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March 2012

Section D
Achievements and performance
The year commenced with a good renewal of membership
numbers for the Club, demonstrating how vitallhealthy the club is at
this time and the interest in paddle sport activities in the locality.
Summary ofthe main
achlevements of the charity
during tho year
The Club provided 'lntroduction to Paddle Sports Taster Sessions,
to members of the non-members, which were well attended, and
resulted in several participants continuing with the paddles sp)rt
activities throughout the year.
Some of our club volunteers were successful in securing Coaching
andlor Leader qualifications from Paddle UK during the year to
assist the club in provbjing the coached sessions to fulfil our
Charity obligations.
The Club facilitated weekly club paddle sport sessions during the '
summer period which were well attended. with paddlers improving
their confidence and skills in paddle sports. and several obtained
the Paddle UK personal perfomiance awards during the year.
The club facilitated various events, trips and training provisions for
paddlers during the year, seeing further progression for
independent paddlers from sheltered water into open water or
moving water environments. These sessions also supported
paddlers with peer Searning and improvement.
Overall this benefitted the community by facilitating physical
exercise, which in turn SUPFQrts mental wellbeing. providiry access
to both 'blue' (water) and 'green' (outdoor spaces)
The Club facilitated monthly on-the-water litter picks, in association
with the Durham Riverscape Community and The Wear Rivers
Trust, and helping in the management of invasive non-native
species control to fulfil the environmental oblMJations of the charity,
on the River Wear at Durham. This includes clearing the area
where the club holds sessDns as well as a wider area of the river,
and river bank within the Gentre of Durham City. These activities
also provide a sense of pridelcommunity benefit to participants
along with mentavphysical wellbeiro.
The Club members also take part in Paddle UK'S annual 'Big
Paddle Clean Up. clearing the river and riverbanks of rubbish and
fly-tipping.
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Section E
Financial review
The Charity's fixed I￿SIS for rent remain low. Annual insurance is
essential to safeguard assels and the current energy costs are low but
essentsal. The bank balance throughout the year is considered to b8
adequale for the operatM)n of Ihe charity provisions.
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on resèrvos
, The charrty does not hold a reserve as such.
Detalls of any funds rnaterlally
in deficit
Further financial revlew detalls (Optlonal inf4xmation>
You may chooso to incI￿Je
The main income for Ihe Charity is derived from membership fees. and
additional inforniation, where
lub fees.
relevant about..
The charity receives income to provide events. and training which is then
the charity's principal
offset against venue hire and where necessary provider costs. Small
amount of income from annual raffle towards the maintenance of
sources of funds (induding
any fundraising);
equipment.
This year grant funding was sourced lo offset against essential repairs to
how exp&ndilure has
the Grade 11 Listed building used as Clubhouse.
supported the key objeGtives Expenditu￿ this year has allocated to coach training which is necessary
of the charity.
as all events promded by the Charity have to be facilitated by qualified
investment policy and
coacheslleadersfinstructors. the expenses are paid to wovid8rs of the
objectives including any
training and for first aid qualifications, which is mandatory for coaches
etc.
ethical investment policy
The Paddle UK affiliation fees are essential for insurance. and
adopted.
governance in provision of paddle sport activities.
Section F
Other optional information
Revised Deployment rules from Paddle UK has been embraced by the Charity in the provision of their water
sport activities to the publicJmemb8rs this has required additTronal training of its volunteers lo secure
mandatory qualif18d coaches and leaders and secure 3rf party insurance. Where possible grant funding and
bursaries are sourced lo fund the Iraining requirements of the Gharity members and volunteers.
Ongoing repairs and upgrades to the Clubhouse are necessary to meet Health and Safety requirements.
Section G
Declaration
The trustees doGlare that thoy have approved thè tfUStè6S' f•l>Ort abovè.
Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustoes
Signature(s}
I(LSL
£ose* ￿j Full name(s)
Posltion (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc) 7loii1
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|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**DURHAM PADDLESPORT CLUB**|**1190431**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|2024<br>01-Apr<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|01-May-25<br>Period end date<br>**To**|||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,756**<br>**500**<br>**1,001 # **<br>**804**<br>**3,315**<br>**4,180**<br>**206**<br>**91**<br> <br> **12,853**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**12,853**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,756**<br>**500**<br>**1,001 # **<br>**804**<br>**3,315**<br>**4,180**<br>**206**<br>**91**<br> <br> **12,853**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**12,853**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,756**<br>**500**<br>**1,001**<br>**804**<br>**3,315**<br>**4,180**<br>**206**<br>**91**<br>**12,853**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,853**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,756**<br>**500**<br>**1,001**<br>**804**<br>**3,315**<br>**4,180**<br>**206**<br>**91**<br>**12,853**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**12,853**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Members Subscriptions|**2,756**||||||||**-**|
|Paddle Uk Bursary|**500**||||||||**-**|
|Club Fees|**1,001**||||||||**-**|
|Kit Hire|**804**||||||||**-**|
|Events Hire/costs/deposits|**3,315**||||||||**-**|
|Grant funding|**4,180**||||||||**-**|
|Raffles|**206**||||||||**-**|
|Misc|**91**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **12,853**||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
|Electric|**234**||**-**||**-**||**234**||**-**|
|Rent|**15**||**-**||**-**||**15**||**-**|
|Insurance|**524**||**-**||**-**||**524**||**-**|
|Repairs|**3,272**||**-**||**-**||**3,272**||**-**|
|Paddle UK Affiliation fees|**297**||**-**||**-**||**297**||**-**|
|Events Hire/costs/bookingfees|**2,848**||**-**||**-**||**2,848**||**-**|
|Web host fees|**154**||**-**||**-**||**154**||**-**|
|Coach trainingfees|**1,535**||**-**||**-**||**1,535**||**-**|
|Other|**154**||**-**||**-**||**154**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,033**||**-**||**-**||**9,033**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Kayak purchase**|**800**|||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**800**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**3,020**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**3,020**||||||||**-**|



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Bank balance 1  April 2024<br>Net income 24/25 FY<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|Bank balance 1  April 2024<br>Net income 24/25 FY<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**7,227**||**-**||**-**|
||||**3,020**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**10,247**||**-**||**-**|
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||||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Kayaks<br>Canoes<br>Paddle Boards<br>Paddles and accessories<br>Assored safety equipment||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>unrestricted<br>unrestricted<br>unrestricted<br>unrestricted<br>unrestricted<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
||None||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
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||Signature||Print Name|||||
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