CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period 1•t July 2023 To From 30" Juna 2024 Charity name: Cardiff River8 Group Charlty règistration number: 1191857 Objectives and Actlvities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its goveming document Protectlng waterways, woodlands, parks and other outdoor publlc spaces from Iltter and other detritus. Promoting biological diversity through habltat management and improvement, Undertaklng and facllltatlng repalr, reuse and recycllng through the collectlon, repair and then onward donation, sale or recycllng of itwn5 to redu￿ landflll or incineration. Summary ofthe main activities in relation to th08e purposes for the public benefit, in particular. tr activitie8, proJe¢ts or services Klentffied in the accounts. Statement confirniing whether the trustees have had regard to the guKlanc8 issued by the Charity Commission on public benefft Pw• 1.17*N* 1.19 The main acaivitses of the Charity invotve the organising and facilitats'on of litter picks, leaning watercourses and habrtat improvement events. The later includes reed ¢uttiivJ, ￿ppicing and the removal of invasive sFE(aes. P*4 1.18 The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance issued by the Chanty Commission on public ben8frt Addftlonal Infomiatlon (optlonal) You ma choose to indude further statements Whe￿ relevant aboui.. The thaiity during the year has made donations to food banks of £3CQO. We partnered with other charities and communty groups in several projects around sale and recyding of waste items parb"cularty scrap. This is shown as Joint Pro Share Outs in the accounts. NIA P•a 1.38 Policy on grant makir¥J P¥a 1.38 Policy on social investment induding program related invèstment Cardiff River5 Group is run entirely by volurrteers. The Board o)nsists of 10 members all of whom dedi￿te a significant amount of time to the charity. In addrtion. we now have in eX￿sS of 800 people on our distribution list and regularly have over 40 peopÈ at our events. Details of their ach￿vementS are below. P¥a 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Once again. would like to recognise the c0ntn.but￿n made by numerous organisatK)ns over the year in supporting us. Eurodad Ltd, ar¥J T￿r in particular were ve enerous in their su Ot￿r Achievements and Performance For the year bewig ￿pOrted on, we uThJertook 67 everts resulting in 2245 volunteer hours. Our volunteers cleared the following from the waterways, parks and woodlands of Cardrff. Summary ofthe main achievements of the chanty. identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstan￿$ of its beneficiaries and any wider benefrts to society as whole. 1.20 1754 bags rubbish 16 shopping trolleys 27 car ty￿$ 24 cones 37 bikes 2 motor bike8 We also recycw 117 tonnes of scrap metsl. also undertake, partI￿larlY in the winter months, a great deal of habitat management. This includes reed cutting in ponds. c<)ppicNw arKI removal of Nivasive species. cx)ntinu&* to support other charities and not for profft organisations via use of our vehicle. trailer and equipment. As an upper tsr waste carrter, we are able to offer a risk-free serlice for organisations to dispose of their ￿lkY waste for very little cost. also hewl local fr)odbanks by donatsng £50￿ to help with their costs and raised £523 by the sale of other groups scrap metal that vras then transfe￿ed to them. For a number of years have pathered ith Tier ran the hire bike stheme across Cardiff. We would recover their bikes from water o)urses and in retum they donated all their ￿rap metal to us. Sadly Tier temiinated their contract with Cardrff Council on 31S1 December 2023. They asked us along another tharity Pedal Power to help dispose of all unusable materials and bikes (of which there was a lot). This resutted in £19.000 being raised that was then split equally bet*een CRG ar¥J Pedal Power. Addlllonal Infomiallon (optlonal You ma choose to include further ststements where relevant aboui.. Please see above Achievements against objedives set Pw? 1.41 Please See above Perf0rnan￿ of ￿ndraising activities against objedives set P¥• 1.41 NIA Investment perfomiance against objectives Parn 1.41 NIA Other Financial Review Review of the chanty's financial poSit￿n at the erwj of the Feriod Pwa 1.21 The thanty continues to be in a strong finanaal poStt￿n. Overall unrestricted cash reserves grew by £10046 even after maknng the donat￿nS to the food banks arKI shariro the TEr scrap money viith Pedal Power. This is thanks to the genèrosrty of our SUFPOrters b)th individuals and organisatK)ns. As suth. Ihe tharity is able to cover its running costs for the foreseeabk future. The trustees will continue to look at ways to best to utilise the reseNes, secure the future of thè charity and help in Some small way to alleviate the effects of the cost of living and general austerrty crisrs being fa¢ed at the moment The trUst￿S are currently preparing a reseNes FM)licy as ts level of r￿￿1Ve8 continues to row. Statement explaining the policy for holding reSen￿S statin are held Amount of ￿SeNe$ held Reasons for holding zero resèNes Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any Un￿rtaIntieS about the charity continuing as a gowig con￿rn P¥• 1.22 Para 1.22 Pw•122 NIA Parn 1.24 NIA Parn 123 NIA Addltlonal infomiatlon loptlonal) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant atK>Ut'. During year the charity re￿Ived fvrKJing from.. T￿r {Next Bikes) Euroclad Sales of th•nated and recovered scrap metal The chartty's principal sources of furKls (induditVJ any fundraising) P•a 1.47 NIA Investrnent policy arKI objectives induding any social investment policy adopted P•a 1.46 The tharity is in a vèry strong financial posrtKin and thu5 furxling is not seen as a signfficant nsk. The chanty is dependent upon Cardrff Council for the loan of a portacabin for storage of equipment, tools and items for recycling. Wiereas this is gratefully acknowledged, it is a constraint on the Charty developing further due to lack of ower. worksho ace or abilit to house A description of the prncipal risks facing the chanty 1.46 the boat artd trailer with our other equipment. ideal would k to have affordable. centralised accommodation Whe￿ the Charlty coukl store everything in one place and to repair ttems rather than have to recycle them. We conb'nue to look at this ideally parlnenng with other char]tses. Circular Economy thinkn.ng is hgh on the polrtical agenda arKI we hope to play a part in any pilot proFds in Cardrff building on our signfficant ex nence in this area. Large, chanty 0￿￿ed items such as the vehith. trailer and boat need secure storage. These continue to be stored in large. shared underground car park thanks lo one of the trustees. If new accomm￿jatIOn is found, ideally. it would also allow for stora eofthe lar r rtems. Other Structure, Governance and Management Descnption of charity's trusts.. Type of goveming d￿M)ent NIA Pwa 125 CIO FoUrxIat￿n Conslrtution How is the tharity constrtuted? P¥a 1.25 CIO Foundaiion Model >rated Trustee selection methods including details of any constrtutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entrtbd to appoint one or more trustees 1.25 New Trustees will ￿ appointed by the cuTrent Board either by invitation where there is a specÉfic need or by general invitation lo stand in *thich case applications will be rev￿Wed and interllews urKlertaken as appropriate Additional infomiallon I0￿10nall You ma choose to include further statements where relevant aLK>uL Polici8s arKI procedures adopted for the indurlion and training of trust888 Pw• 1.51 The chanty's organisational structure arKI any wider network with which the charity works P•* 1.51 Cardrff River5 Group have an ongoing relats'onshp wilh Keep Wa￿S Tidy, with two trustees being employed by KWT and one Irustee also sitbng the Board. Relationship with any related parties Pwa 1.s1 Other Reference and Administrative detsils Charit name Other name the cha uses Re istered chari numtr*r Charity's principal address Cardiff Rivers Grou CRG 1191857 CIO 59 JIM Driscoll Way Caftliff CF117JL Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office lif any Name of person (or body) gnlltlod rfan Catherine Oprava Jon Wallis ChairFErson Vtce Chair Secretary Treasurer Nigel Barry David King MBE Dafyd Meurig Louise Tambini Chnstopher Hackett Elin Burgess Marco Rafael Da Silva Ribeiro Leal 10 Elizatreth Natale- Vaughan 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re Olrector nam• rtwasa Name of trustees ho￿Jing trtle to property belonging to the thanty Trust•9 n• Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacty Name and obieds of the charrty on whose behaw the assets are held and how this falls within the custodk9n charity's objects Details of arrangements for safe cust¢xly and segregation of such assets from the charity'8 own assets Addltlonal inforniallon lopttonall Names and addr•Mes of advisers (Optlonal InfornMtion} Type of Name Address odvlser Name of chlof executlve or names of senlor sl•ff membors Ioptlonal Infomiation) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non4lsdo8u￿ of ke rsonnel details Other o tional inforniation Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustses, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's tr￿tea8 Signature(s) Full name{s) Position (eg Secretary. Chair, et¢ 'TtLL)£Tgf Date sliiiio ' CHARITY COMAIISSION I FC41 ENGiAND thD WAiES Receipts and pay￿￿nts accounts CC16a To 0IA)7rJy23 Section A Receipts and payments Total fu¥td¥ La•t year Al Recql J&757 7$7 1.47(1 2.550 AR) 21,rAI 2 Aose¢ and • tabl• A3 Paymants V•h*l•. Tod•. PFE 7¢ 71$ MechBnthe 13 IJ 1,741 17CO 102n Sub lotsl 741 2T.IV4 16.032 A4 A•••t and Inv•8¢m•rt 808 18ble 26.741 15.032 N•tofrKelptrfpaym•nts) 12,628 0,031 A6 CaBh fundB laBt yearand Cash luftds thls y••r•nd 27,678 21,642 27,678 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endo*m8rrt nds TrTrar•ste B1 Ca#h fund 36.707 Im7 37,724 1582 funds l)etai1g ¢￿tt•nt￿￿ Detai19 Curr•nt ¥•lu• Details ¢harlty'• own Detall$ BS L*bllll•• 819nod tyy behaff th¢kna*68 D* g bY4SS5 Ihjb Ifi1112 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Cardiff Rivers Group **On accounts for the year** 30[th] June 2024 **Charity no** 1191857 **ended (if any) Responsibilities and** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above **basis of report** charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30th June 2024. As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
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||**20/11/2024**| |---|---|---| |||| ||Simon Servini|| |||| ||ACA ICAEW|| |||| ||3 Ynys y Coed|| ||Cardiff|| ||CF5 2LU|| 1 **October 2018** **IER**