Trustees Annual Report
North Wales & Northwest RO￿ Passport Trust- Charfty Number 1192610
Alms and Purpose
The N Wales and NW England Rotary Passport Trust has the responsibility for the oversight
and rnanagèment of the charitable activities of the N Wales and NW England Rotary
Passport aub.
Objectlves and Actlvltles
To apply the funds of the Trust In accordance with the Charitable purposes and objectÈves of
the charity as detailed in the Deed of TrusL Priority areas for support are aligned with the
areas of focus of Rotary International, namely:
Peacebuildlng and Conflict Resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water, sanitation, and hygiene
Maternal and Child health
Basic education and literacy
Community econornic development
Protecting the environment
Durin8 the year the Trust took over rnanagemert of the 2023 Dlstrict Rotsry Youth Award
activities as an on8oir¢ annual actlvity. The also established arranged a programme of
organlsed Coach excursions for the elderty and isolated which will continue as an on8OiI
project.
Trust continued to obtaln several grants from a variety of Commerclal and charitable
or8anlsations to support community activitie& A variety of supplementary furKI raisin8
Inltiatives were also undertaken by the Rotsry volunteers which genernted further funds for
the Trust.
underlylng Passport Rotsry aub qualified and re¢etved the Rotary Qtation for the 2022-
23 perk)d. A reflection of the hl8h level of activity and achievernents of the Trust arKI its
volunteer supporters. Only a Ilmited number of such Citations were awarded by Rotary
International within the region.
Flnanclal ￿eW
Restricted donatlons of £27.993 were received as detsiled in the Financial Statement. The
largest of these restTiCted donations related to income in respect of the operation of the
District Rotary Youth Leadership Award artivitie5.
£29,478 was spent on a variety of projects supportire vulnerable and needy Indlvlduals and
their sUPPOrt organisations within N Wales and NW England

The net result ft)r the year wa5 an e￿55 of payments over receipts of £571.
Structure. Governan￿ and Manynent
The Charity l￿ds established by a Deed of Trust on the 6th August 2020 which is
supplemented by amendments to the Governing Document which V￿re approved at
Trustees meeting on the 7th August 2020. Both documents are based Upon standard Rotsry
Great Britain and Iretand documents which have the prior approval of the Chartty
Commission. A supplemental Grant MakirE wlicy was prepared arKI implemented during
the year.
The current trustees are:
James OliverThomas
Nicholas John Gidney
Suzanne Carolyn Gidney
Projects and causes are proposed by the general membership of the N Wales and NW
England Rotary Passport aub at their fortnightly meetings. The trustees agree the
compliance of the project with the governing document and then oversee the financial
management of the activities. reporting back to the general membership on a periodic basls
(generally monthly).
Banking facilttles are established with Natwest, Sandbach branch and the trust Is also
registered with HMRC for Gift Aid although no activities were undertaken that necessitated
gift aid recovery.

## **N Wales & NW England Passport - Charity/Trust Account Charity Registration Number: 1192610 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023** 

|**Prev Year**<br>**Receipts**<br>**2022-23**|**Prev Year**<br>**Receipts**<br>**2022-23**|**Prev Year**<br>**Payments**<br>**2022-23**|**Closing Balances**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.15<br>£3,040.85<br>£183.22<br>£0.00<br>£2,325.99<br>£93.59<br>£0.00<br>£35.08<br>£2,004.76<br>£108.57<br>£166.56<br>£147.83<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£532.80<br>£0.00<br>£1,089.87<br>£305.26<br>£10.00<br>£0.00<br>£177.12<br>£10,961.56<br>£0.00<br>£1,008.91<br>£1.98<br>£21,183.21<br>£1,010.89<br>£570.72<br>£1,010.89<br>£22,194.10|
|---|---|---|---|
||**2022-23**|**Prev Year**|**Restricted**<br>**Unrestricted**|
|£0.00<br>Rainbow Bags<br>£87.10<br>Produce<br>£0.00<br>WCG District Grant<br>£0.00<br>Uganda District Grant<br>£410.78<br>Prostate Cycle Ride<br>£0.00<br>PAVO Grant<br>£0.00<br>National Lottery Grant<br>£1,040.00<br>Wrexham Recipe Boxes<br>Wrexham Ukraine<br>Wrexham General<br>£3,602.33<br>Xmas Bags (Cheshire & Wrexham)<br>£250.00<br>Easter Bags (Cheshire & Wrexham)<br>£485.08<br>Cheshire Maths Boxes<br>£5,368.01<br>Cheshire Coach Trips<br>Cheshire Pensioner Parcels<br>Cheshire Rotakids<br>Cheshire General<br>Beaumaris General<br>Beaumaris District Grant<br>Southport General<br>Southport District Grant<br>£524.00<br>Neston General<br>Neston Sleigh<br>£350.00<br>Club RYLA<br>£55.00<br>Sightbox<br>£2,157.12<br>Ukraine Collection<br>£7,960.00<br>District RYLA Coordination<br>£228.30<br>Club Service acct<br>£1,365.84<br>General Income<br>£0.00<br>Interest<br>£23,883.56<br>Balances B/fwd<br>£13,150.27<br>Bank opening balance<br>£37,033.83<br>Examined<br>D Watkinson<br>11/12/2023|£36.20<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£500.00<br>£2,546.94<br>£44.50<br> <br>(£234.89)<br>£0.00<br>£4,631.50<br>£208.28<br>£437.97<br>£227.86<br>£1,000.00<br>£795.00<br>£532.80<br>£550.00<br>£2,430.15<br>£1,775.00<br>(£440.00)<br>£0.00<br>£80.00<br>£12,871.56<br>£0.00<br>£914.78<br>£0.00|£213.62<br>-£250.12<br>-£0.84<br>£50.00<br>£410.78<br>£3,320.34<br>£2,328.93<br>£573.20<br>£1,742.62<br>£138.24<br>£600.00<br>£3,903.10<br>£50.00<br>£700.00<br>£0.00<br>£1,000.00<br>-£700.00<br>£238.30<br>-£49.16|£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£0.15<br>£3,040.85<br>£183.22<br>£0.00<br>£2,325.99<br>£93.59<br>£0.00<br>£35.08<br>£2,004.76<br>£108.57<br>£166.56<br>£147.83<br>£0.00<br>£0.00<br>£532.80<br>£0.00<br>£1,089.87<br>£305.26<br>£10.00<br>£0.00<br>£177.12<br>£10,961.56<br>£0.00<br>£1,008.91<br>£1.98|
||£28,907.65<br>£22,764.82|£14,269.01<br>£21,586.07<br>£974.75<br>£204.00|£21,183.21<br>£1,010.89|
||£51,672.47|£37,033.83||





Independent examlners rep￿ to the trustees of North Wales & North**# E￿lafid
Rotary Passport Tntst
I report on the accounts for the year erKling 30th June 2023 which are set out in the attached
document signed by nyself and the trustee
Respectlve responslbilFUes of tntstees examlner
The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for thls year (under section 43
(2) of the charities act 1993 brdckets (the act) and that an indeper•dent examination is
needed. It is my resw)nslblllty to".
Examine the a¢¢ounts (under section 43 of the act).
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity
Commission {under section 43 (7)Ib) of the act) and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attentlon.
Basls of Independent examlners report
My examination was carried out in accordance wlth the 8eneTal directions given by the
Charlty Commission. Examination Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
chartty and the comparison of the accounts presented with those rewrds. It also Includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanatlons
from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The pr￿edureS undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and Cor￿eqUentIY no opinion is
given as to whether the accounts presented a true and Falrrfiew and the report is limited to
those matters set out in the statement bek>w.
Independent Examlners Statement
In the course of my examlnatlon no matter has come to my attention:
l. Whith EiMEs me rea￿nable cause to belleve that In, any material respect, the Tequlrements:
next Ilne to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the act," and to prepare
accounts which accord with the accountSThd recor& and romply with the accounting
requifements of the 1993 ac¢. have not been met: or
2. to which in my opSnl¢)n, attention should be drawn to enable a proper underrt￿1rVa of the
Davkl Watkinson FCA
Moulton
Northwich