2023-06-30-accounts

			SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes of		Para 1.17	Protecting waterways, woodlands, parks
the charity as set out		in its		and other outdoor public spaces from
governing	document			litter and other detritus.
				Promoting biological diversity through
				habitat management and improvement.
				Undertaking and facilitating repair, reuse
				and recycling through the collection,
				repair and then onward donation, sale or
				recycling ofitems to reduce landfill or
				incineration.
Summary activities	ofthe main in relation to those		Para 1.1Tand 1.19	The main activities ofthe Charity involve the organising and facilitation of litter picks,
purposes	for the public			cleaning watercourses and habitat
benefit, in particular,		the		improvement events. The later includes
activities,	projects or			reed cutting, coppicing and the removal of
services identified in		the		invasive species.
accounts.
Statement	confirming		Para 1.18	The Trustees have had due regard to the
whether the trustees		have		guidance issued by the Charity
had regard tothe guidance				Commission on public benefit
issued by	the Charity
Commission on public
benefit

			SORP reference
				The charity during the year has made
			Para 1.38	donations	tofood banks totalling f3000.
Policy on	grant making			We also use our waste carriers licence to
				recycle or sell recovered items e.g. scrap
				metal to	enerate income for others.
				NIA
			Para 1.38
Policy on	social investment
including	program	related
investment

						Cardiff Rivers Group is run entirely by
					Para 1.38	volunteers. The Board consists of10
Contribution			made by			members all ofwhom dedicate a significant
volunteers						amount oftime to the charity. In addition,
						we now have in excess of800 people on
						our distribution list and will regularly have
						over 40 people at our events.
						Details oftheir achievements are below.
						Once again, we would like to recognise	the
Other						contribution made by numerous
						organisations over the year in supporting
						us.
						Euroclad Ltd, John Lewis, DS Smith and
						the Dwr Cymru Community Fund in
						particular were very generous in their
						su ort.
Achieve	m	e	nts	and Performance
					SORP reference
						Forthe year being reported on, we
						undertook 36events resulting in 1503
						volunteer hours.
Summary of achievements			the main ofthe charity,		Para 1.20	Our volunteers cleared the following from the waterways, parks and woodlands of
identifying		the difference the				Cardiff:
charity's	work has			made to
the circumstances				of its		1359bags rubbish
beneficiaries			and	any wider		24 shopping trolleys
benefits to		society		as a		97car tyres
whole.						21 cones
						9bikes
						2 motor bikes
						We also recycled 35tonnes ofscrap metal.
						We also undertake, particularly in the
						winter months, a great deal ofhabitat
						management. This may be reed cutting	in
						ponds, coppicing or removal of invasive
						species.
						We continued to support other charities
						and not for profit organisations via use of
						our vehicle, trailer and equipment. As an
						upper tier waste carrier, we are able to
						offer a risk-free service for organisations	to
						dispose oftheir bulky waste for very little
						cost. We also helped local foodbanks by
						donating f3000to help with their costs and
						raised 8918 by the sale ofother groups
						scrap metal that was then transferred to
						them.

			Please see above
Achievements	against	Para 1.41
objectives set
			Please see above
Performance offundraising activities against objectives		Para 1.41
set
			N/A
Investment performance		Para 1.41
against objectives
Other

Financ	ial	ial	Review	Review	Review	Review
Review	of		the charity's						Para 1.21	The charity continues to be in a		strong
financial		position at the					end			financial position. Dverall unrestricted				cash
ofthe period										reserves grew by K6036even after			making
										the donations to the	food banks.
										This is thanks to the	generosity	ofour
										supporters both individuals and
										organisations. As such, the charity			is able
										to cover its running	costs for the
										foreseeable future.
										The trustees will continue to look at ways to
										best to utilise the reserves, secure			the
										future ofthe charity	and help in	some small
										way to alleviate the	effects ofthe cost			of
										living and general austerity crisis being
										faced at the moment.
Statement			explaining			the			Para 1.22	The original requirement for holding
policy for holding reserves										reserves was to build up sufficient funding
stating	why			they are		held				in order to purchase	a new vehicle.		Thanks
										tothe generosity of	supporters,	this	was
										achieved with little impact on the reserves.
										The trustees will now consider the level of
										reserves and the most appropriate			use of
										them oin forward.
Amount		of	reserves			held			Para 1.22	827,635
Reasons		for holding				zero			Para 1.22	N/A
reserves
Details	offund materially							in	Para 1.24	N/A
deficit
Explanation				of any					Para 1.23	N/A
uncertainties				about the
charity	continuing				as a going
concern
dditiona	l		information				(optional)
ou ma		choose to			include			further statements		where relevant about
										During the year the	charity received		funding
										from:
The charity's principal sources offunds (induding									Para 1.4?	~ John Lewis ~ Euroclad
any fundraising)										~ Dwr Cymru
										~ DS Smith
										~ Personal donations
										~ Sales ofdonated	and recovered		scrap
										metal
										N/A
Investment				policy	and
objectives			including			any
social investment					policy
adopted
										The charity is in a very strong financial
A description ofthe						principal			Para146	position and thus not now seen		as	a
risks facing				the charity						significant risk.

	The charity is dependent upon Cardiff
	Council for the loan ofa portacabin for
	storage ofequipment, tools and items for
	recycling. Whereas this is gratefully
	acknowledged, it isa constraint on the
	charity developing further due to lack of
	power, workshop space or ability to house
	the boat and trailer with our other
	equipment. The ideal would be to have
	affordable, centralised accommodation
	where the Charity could store everything	in
	one place and to repair items rather than
	have to recycle them.
	We are now looking at the possibility ofthis
	which will entail expenditure but as an investment in the charit 's future.
	Large, charity owned items such as the
Other	vehicle, trailer and boat need secure
	storage. Currently, these are stored in a
	large, shared underground car park thanks
	to one ofthe trustees. lf new
	accommodation is found, ideally, it would
	also allow for stora ofthe lar er items.

Description of charity's		N/A
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 125	ClO Foundation Constitution
How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO Foundation Model
constituted'2
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	New Trustees will be appointed		by the
including details ofany		current Board either by invitation		where
constitutional provisions e.g.		there isa specific need or by	general
election to post or name of		invitation to stand in which case
any person or body entitled		applications will be reviewed	and interviews
to appoint one or more		undertaken as appropriate.
trustees

Policies and	procedures
adopted forthe induction		Para 151
and training	oftrustees
The charity's organisational structure and any wider		Para 1.51
network with	which the
charity works
			Cardiff Rivers Group have an ongoing
			relationship	with Keep	Wales Tidy, with one
Relationship	with any	Para 1.51	trustee being employed		by KNIT and one
related parties			trustee also	sitting on the KNIT Board.
Other

Charit name	Cardiff Rivers Grou
Other name the charit uses	CRG
Re istered chari number	1191857
Charity*s principal address	C/0 59Jim Driscoll Way
	Cardiff CF117JL

mes	nfthe charity trus	nfthe charity trus	tees who manage	the charity
	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Dates acted if not forwhole eaf	Name toa	ofperson (or body) entitle oint trustee ifan
1	Catherine	Oprava	Chairperson
2	Jon Wallis		Vice Chair
3	Nigel Barry		Secretary
4	David King	MBE	Treasurer
	Daffyd Meurig
	Louise Tambini
	Christopher
	Hackett
8	Elin Burgess
	Marco Rafael Da
	Silva Ribeiro Leal
	Elizabeth Natale-
	Vaughan
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12
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14
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16
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19
20

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers	Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers
Description ofthe assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects ofthe
charity on whose behalf	the
assets are held and how	this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details ofarrangements	for
safe custody and
segregation ofsuch assets
from the charity's own
assets

Signed	on behalf ofthe	charity's trustees
	Signature(s)
	Full name{s)	Catherine Oprava	Jon Wallis
Position	(eg Secretary,	Chair ofTrustees	Deputy Chair ofTrustees
	Chair, etc)
	Date	L(ll ['Lo'L5