Chair’s report 2024
Fourteen of our nippers (a third of all our nippers) took part in the SLS Cornwall Frostbite Championships at Penzance swimming pool in March. They all did brilliantly, some winning their heats and everyone stepping up for their team and having big smiles on their faces. It was a huge effort to coordinate, franFc, and huge fun. Thanks to everyone who took part and supported our nippers!
It has been great to see so many new coaches at the pool delivering sessions to the nippers and honing their new coaching skills. The nippers have responded well to their coaching and are making great progress. This winter we have been running more focussed training sessions for the juniors, all of whom have already met the surf lifesaver swim Fmes and some have reached the lifeguard swim Fmes too.
Unfortunately the pool reallocated our long held Thursday night slot to another swim club, despite our early request to retain it at the beginning of the summer. Despite all our aLempts to move it we have had to seLle for the late sessions on a Wednesdays, which we are aware clashes with other popular clubs and deeply regret the disrupFon this has caused.
Volunteer membership
Since this new membership category was agreed at the EGM in December last year, it has been very popular and successful, removing all financial barriers to new volunteers thinking about stepping forward and to those who already dedicate their valuable Fme and effort conFnuing to support the club. Without them there would be no club. However, the funding of SLSGB membership fees by the club has proven
very expensive and we must ensure that the charity’s money is spent wisely. We therefore propose that the volunteer membership category will conFnue to be free to members who are 18 years old and over and have volunteered 10 hours of their Fme in the previous year. Eligible volunteers must hold the lifeguard award, Surf lifesaver award, a coaching award or be a trustee of the club. The club will conFnue reimburse the course fees of members who undertake these qualificaFons and go on to volunteer 10 hours in their new role.
We propose reintroducing the Sandhopper membership category for 5-7 year old children of volunteer members to remove child care barriers to those volunteering during the beach sessions. In previous years this has been very popular and the sand hoppers have great fun building their confidence and knowledge of the sea. They even got to have rides on nipper and rescue boards at the end of the nipper sessions, surrounded by lifeguards of course!
Beach sessions
We managed to run 12 nipper beach sessions this year, from the last week of May to the second week of September. TransporFng all of the clubs boards and equipment to the beach was made vastly easier and safer by the upgrade to the path and Polurrian Hotel very kindly allowing us to use their all terrain vehicle. Many parents and volunteers helped to transport the kit from the trailer to and from the beach which was a great help.
However, I am pleased to report that we are sFll on track to being able to store the kit permanently at the refurbished beach house in Fme for our nipper beach sessions next year.
Cornwall Council has now devolved the building to the PCBHT and we are meeFng next week to select which of the three tenders to go with. Work may start as early as next month. In 2017 Mullion SLSC was awarded a £4,000 grant towards the cost of repair of the building. This money has been ring fenced in the club’s account ever since but has now been transferred to the PCBHT.
I am pleased to report that the Goonhilly Windfarm Fund this week awarded £10,000 to the trust towards the cost of the works. The charity Jay’s Aim has also agreed to provide a defibrillator and cabinet to be installed on the beach house which will be available to the public at all Fmes.
The PCBHT will soon launch a fundraising campaign to allow people from our community and further afield to support the project, and it is important that we encourage everyone we know to donate to this.
With new coaches coming on board, a new cohort of juniors embarking on their lifeguard journey, more parents volunteering and at long last a new clubhouse on the beech we can confidently state that in its 65th year, and a decade aaer it was destroyed by storms, our club is strong and sustainable with a bright furture ahead of it!
| Mullion Surf Lifesaving Club | No (if any) | |||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||
| For the period from 1st Oct2023 Period start date |
To | 30th Sep 2024 Period end date |
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 382 1,658 3,405 2,493 239 65 - - 8,242 - - 8,242 3,451 260 3,048 100 - 112 314 7,285 792 881 424 - 2,097 9,383 - 1,140 - 20,327 19,187 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Deposit interest | 382 | - | - | 382 | 171 | |||
| Fundraising/ Donations | 1,658 | - | - | 1,658 | 1,471 | |||
| MembershipFees/ Other fees | 3,405 | - | - | 3,405 | 5,819 | |||
| Winter Swim session fees | 2,493 | - | - | 2,493 | 2,862 | |||
| Grant receipts/ Gift aid | 239 | - | - | 239 | 455 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 65 | - | - | 65 | - | |||
| Transfer Mullion SLSC | - | - | - | - | 17,962 | |||
| Kit sales | - | - | - | - | 11 | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
8,242 | - | - | 8,242 | 28,751 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| None | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 28,751 | ||||||||
| Affiliation Fees | 3,451 | 3,406 | ||||||
| Stationery | 260 | 110 | ||||||
| SwimmingPool fees | 3,048 | 2,304 | ||||||
| Training | 100 | 650 | ||||||
| Transfer to Pollurian Cove Beach Trust | - | - | ||||||
| Equipment repairs | 112 | |||||||
| Miscellaneous | 314 | 1,225 | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 7,285 | 7,695 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Swim Fins | 792 | 357 | ||||||
| Pool boards | 881 | |||||||
| Competition Vests | 424 | 190 | ||||||
| Walkie Talkies | 29 | |||||||
| Throw lines | 103 | |||||||
| AED Trainer | - | 50 | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 2,097 | 729 | ||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 8,424 | ||||||||
| - 1,140 | - 4,000 | - 5,027 | 20,327 | |||||
| - | - | - | ||||||
| 20,327 | 10,000 | 30,327 | - | |||||
| 19,187 | 6,000 | 25,187 | 20,327 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/01/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Signature None AED Trainer Competition vests Details Barclays Current Account Barclays Deposit Account Details Nipper Boards Rescue Tubes Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) None Sail Flags Event Shelter Equipment Trailer Details None Details Surf Skis Rescue Boards Little Annie QCPR VHF Radios and cases Swim Fins Megaphone WalkieTalkies Throw Lines Electric pump for boards Binoculars Poolboards Transition nipper boards Inflatablerescue board |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| 2,517 | - | - | ||||
| 16,670 | 6,000 | - | ||||
| 19,187 | 6,000 | - | ||||
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/01/2025
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