## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 02 FEB 2021 01 OCT 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** ACTIVE4BLOOD **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1193366 **Charity's principal address** C/o 63 Lanelay Road Talbot Green Pontyclun, RCT **Postcode CF72 8HY**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1193366
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 JULIAN WILDE-DAVIES Treasurer Whole Year
2 ALEX ARMSTRONG Chair Whole Year
3 EMMA WILLIAMS Secretary Whole Year
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of adviser Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document[Constitution]
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(eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO- Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed and agreed by the existing Trustees, Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
further Trustees are now in the process of being recruited. A You **may choose** to include further 9 Trustees will be required to help shape and manage the additional information, where campaigning. relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Since the Charity was formed work has been focused on the setting up and shaping of how the Charities Aims will be
delivered across Wales (Initially) The organisational structure will be to focus on the following 3 key sectors of influence. Sport/Education/Public Sector (Military, Police, Civil Service)
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
1) The relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health by educating the public about donating blood;
2) To promote community participation in healthy recreation by organising activity based outdoor events for running, cycling, hiking, swimming and triathlon.
**Summary of the objects** 3) To support such general charitable purposes according to the **of the charity set out in** laws of England and Wales through the provision of grants.” **its governing document**
Over the last year the Trustees have focused on networking within the most beneficial sectors to help promote these objectives. This has enabled the local communities across Wales to enage early on with the intended activities, and additional the public have been able to support the future aspirations and ideas of how the charity can and will benefit the wider community.
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In summary,
12 ActiveBlood Events have been delivered across 4 Local Authority areas of Wales. Engagement with the MOD, Sport and Education has commenced, For example… several Military Reserve Units have created and delivered Hike challenges
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
The Civil Service have created an Active4Blood Project linking this to organisation Health & Wellbeing requirements. Additionally each department is seeking to promote Volunteering as a positive activity to undertake.
Authentication is key to the ongoing success. Therefore early in 2021 the Charity signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved the Bronze Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Also is a Full Member of the Welsh Sports Association.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Due to the Charity Motto **“Blood not Money”** fund raising for cash is not a fundamental priority. Participants are encouraged and requested to donate Blood via our unique link to the Welsh Blood Service.
However it has clearly become a concern of how the ongoing business activities can take place without running cost funds. The administration costs/requirements have currently been met in kind and by x 2 small grants from one local authority.
## **Financial Strategy**
The following strategy has been agreed and will be implemented in September 2022.
Corporate Sponsorship Packages, to encourage business and organisations to support the charity with funds to recruit staff and manage the charity day to day running activities/costs.
Grant Funding, a Volunteer has been identified and in the process of being recruited to focus on identifying and completing grant applications.
Support being sought from Local Authority Voluntary departments to source and apply for small grants to help fund
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Volunteering Training activity. In particularly our “Young Blood” Project.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The Charity has delivered x 12 events
Created over 300 new Blood Donors,
An example of an event day success is shown below, from one of the pilot events created during the pandemic lockdown:
## **Hike 4 Blood**
A team of eight completed a 29-mile Hike4Blood challenge. Starting at 0700hrs at the Welsh Blood Service HQ, Talbot Green, the route took the team up to Treorchy in the Rhondda and back down via Pontypridd to Beddau. Along the way the team visited nine rugby clubs.
## **Run 4 Blood**
Each club is supporting Active4Blood by taking part in the Run4Blood challenge:
Teams of 5 players completed a 25-mile relay around their club rugby fields The target being to generate at least 1 Blood Sponsor for each mile completed. 25 miles = 25 blood donors.
The following clubs took part and have pledged an annual commitment: Beddau, Ystrad Rhondda, Penygraig, Pontyclun, Porth, Pontypridd and Treorchy.
Additional events also took place on the same day:
## **Cycle4Blood**
Beddau Bike Club and Pontyclun Flyers each completed our cycling challenge. 100 miles
## **Tri 4 Blood**
Trizone Fitness: Team of 6 Triathletes completed an indoor Ironman distance triathlon.
Our target for the day was a minimum of 50 blood sponsors and we achieved 78 new donors and 26 returning donors from just one day of activity.
## **Section E Financial review**
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The Charity has no current policy on reserves. This is because **Brief statement of the** the charity has not been set up to generate income to the level **charity’s policy on** where reserves will be relevant. **reserves Details of any funds** Not Applicable- See Account Template/Spreadsheet **materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- The small amount of grant funding received during the year
- You **may choose** to include (£750) has been spent to purchase essential administration
- additional information, such as Insurance, Marketing and office equipment.
- where relevant about: the charity’s principal Other services have been totally provided “In kind”.
- sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F other optional information**
The Charity is still in the set up/roll out stages of development. 2022-2024 will see the growth of the charities activities supported by the recruitment of a full board of Trustees.
Additionally funding is being identified to be able to employ a Team of Community Champions who will be managed and deployed effectively to raise our campaigning and ultimately create awareness of the importance of blood donations to save lives.
**Section G Declaration**
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**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
See above **Signature(s)** See above Alex Armstrong **Full name(s)** Julian Wilde-Davies **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28/06/2022
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ACTIVE4BLOOD Charity No
1193366
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 2/2/2021 10/1/2021
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Interlink RCT Grant 500 - - 500
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
500 - - 500
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 500 - - 500
A3 Payments
Wix Domain Website Services 190 - - 190
Wix Log - - - -
Insurance - - - -
Fuel-Receipt ref- - - - -
Refreshment Exp- Receipt ref- - - - -
Printer Purchase - - - -
Fuel-Receipt ref- - - - -
Refreshment Exp- Receipt ref- - - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 190 ] - - 190
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 190 - - 190
Net of receipts/(payments) 310 - - 310
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 310 - - 310
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree|balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|Agreement Error|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||||**JULIAN WILDE-DAVIES**|||
||||**ALEX ARMSTRONG**|||
**Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
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Date of
approval
6/27/2022
6/27/2022
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