## **Trustees’ Annual Report** 

April 2023 – March 2024 



## 1. Contents 

||1. Contents|
|---|---|
|1.|Charity Information .......................................................................................................... 3|
|2.|Reporting Period ............................................................................................................. 3|
|3.|Object .............................................................................................................................. 3|
||Public Benefit Reporting ..................................................................................................... 3|
||Community First Responders .......................................................................................... 3|
||CPR and AED Training and Awareness ........................................................................... 4|
||Improving accessibility to Public Access Defibrillators .................................................... 4|
|4.|Financial Review .............................................................................................................. 4|
||Income ................................................................................................................................ 4|
||Expenditure ......................................................................................................................... 4|
||Reserves .............................................................................................................................. 4|




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## **1. Charity Information** 

The charity is registered in England with the name Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells Community First Responders , also known as TTWCFR as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with the registration number 1194244 . The registered address of the CIO is Mayo House, 66 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8BG. 

The CIO is governed by our first edition Constitution dated April 2021 , and there has been no changes to the Trustees or structure, governance and management during the reporting period. 

The current trustees are Fergus Chalmers, Linda Rout, Robert Cray and Christopher Bellis. In addition to the trustees, the CIO had 5 other members at the end of the reporting period. 

## **2. Reporting Period** 

This Report covers the period 1[st] April 2023 up to and including 31[st] March 2024 

## **3. Object** 

The objects of the CIO are 

The relief of sickness and the preservation of good health among people residing permanently or temporarily in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, and the surrounding communities: 

1. by the provision of trained Community First Responders (CFRs) to attend medical emergencies as directed by the South East Coast Ambulance service (SECAmb); 

2. to advance the education and awareness of the general public in relation to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by bystanders and the use of publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs); 

3. to improve accessibility to Public Access Defibrillators (PADs) by members of the community. 

## Public Benefit Reporting 

During the reporting period, the charity has furthered each element of its charitable objective as outlined above. The charity trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. 

## Community First Responders 

During the reporting period, our volunteer Community First Responders provided approximately 2,100 hours on call and available to respond to medical emergencies in the community. During this time, our volunteers were directed by South East Coast Ambulance to around 1,900 calls and attended around 1,600 patients providing immediate medical care. 


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## CPR and AED Training and Awareness 

During the reporting period our volunteers staged 9 public awareness events , delivering CPR training to more than 200 members of the public . 

The team have also been engaging with local schools and community groups such as Scouts, Brownies and Girl Guides delivering additional sessions and training more than 300 school age children CPR with defibrillator awareness. 

## Improving accessibility to Public Access Defibrillators 

During the reporting period, our volunteers directly maintained our network of 9 Public Access Defibrillators through regular checks and replacement of consumables where required. We have also assisted others in maintaining their own devices, and have actively promoted registration of devices to make them publicly available. 

Our volunteers have worked on identifying areas of need, and during the reporting period have delivered 1 additional Public Access Defibrillator site through direct fundraising, supporting the delivery of several other privately funded sites. 

## **4. Financial Review** 

At the end of the reporting period, the CIO held £10,147 in distributable reserves and retained profit. This includes £11,679 of reserves carried over from the previous financial year. 

At the end of the reporting period, the CIO held £3,183 in capital assets and £6,967 in current assets. 

## Income 

The CIO received £2,776 through sales, £1,688 through direct donations and fundraising and £500 through grant income. 

## Expenditure 

The CIO spent £2,525 on cost of sales including provision of new directly funded defibrillator sites, £1,679 on administrative and running costs including £367 on CFR kit and equipment, and £183 on maintaining PAD sites. £2,070 was lost through depreciation of assets. 

## Reserves 

It is agreed that the CIO should hold a minimum of £2,500 in cash reserves at any time to ensure its operating costs can be covered in the event of a downturn in fundraising. 


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Appendix A
Financial Reports

## **Profit & Loss** 

## Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells CFR 

Accounting Year 2023/24 

||**Debit**|**Credit**|
|---|---|---|
|**Turnover**||**4,465**|
|Sales||2,776|
|Donations||1,688|
|**_add_ Other Income**||**500**|
|Grant Income||500|
|**_less_ Cost of Sales**|**2,525**||
|Cost of Sales|2,525||
|**Gross Profit**||**2,440**|
|**_less_ Administration Expenses**|**1,679**||
|CFR Equipment|367||
|PAD Consumables|183||
|Office Equipment|95||
|Internet & Telephone|25||
|Stationery|4||
|Miscellaneous|11||
|Meals|281||
|Advertising and Promotion|416||
|Bank/Finance Charges|7||
|Insurance|290||
|**_less_ Staff Costs**|**224**||
|PAD Deployment|224||
|**_less_ Depreciation**|**2,070**||
|Depreciation Charge|2,070||



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|**Operating Profit**|**-£1,533**|
|---|---|
|**_less_ Drawings**|**£0**|
|**_less_ Profit & Loss journal entries**|**£0**|
|**Retained Profit this period:**|**-£1,533**|
|**Retained Profit brought forward:**|**£11,679**|
|**Distributable Reserves / Retained Profit carried forward:**|**£10,147**|



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## **Balance Sheet** 

## Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells CFR 

As at 31 March 2024 

||**£**|**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**Capital Assets**|||
|Computer Equipment Brought Forward|400||
|Other Capital Asset Brought Forward|7,277||
|PAD Site Brought Forward|1,202||
|Other Capital Asset Purchase|469||
|Computer Equipment Depreciation Brought Forward|-267||
|Other Capital Asset Depreciation Brought Forward|-3,795||
|PAD Site Depreciation Brought Forward|-33||
|Computer Equipment Depreciation In Year|-133||
|Other Capital Asset Depreciation|-1,536||
|PAD Site Depreciation In Year|-401||
|Net Book Value|3,183||
|**Current Assets**|**6,967**||
|Bank Account: Business Current Account|6,378||
|Bank Account: Petty Cash|179||
|Bank Account: PayPal|410||
|**_less_Current Liabilities**||**3**|
|Suspense Account||3|
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|**Net Current Assets**|**£6,964**||
|**Total Assets**|**£10,147**||
|**Owner's Equity**|||
|Retained Profit||10,147|
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|**Total Owner's Equity**||**£10,147**|



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