Alcester & District CFR AGM 29 April 2025, Chairmans report
In 2024 we attended 102 999 call outs.
In summer 2024, a Cardiac Science G5 and cabinet from the VIP Gym on Arden Road on the Arden Forest industrial Estate was donated to us. It had a new battery and pads, and we have a letter transferring ownership to our charity from VIP gym.
2024 was a great year for recruitment. Zoe Hawyes, Simon Prior, Trudi Hunt and Tim Clark passed interview in 2024, and were fully qualified by spring 2025.
Unfortunately, Jessica Print never completed her probationary period following illness in 2024 and has failed to reply to many phone messages and text. We must assume she has resigned. Hayleigh Clark decided to join Redditch CFRs for her probation period.
CPR and defibrillator awareness sessions to members of our community continue. In 2024 we delivered this to approximately 200 people in Alcester and the surrounding villages, arranged by parish councils, sports clubs, and businesses. We received donations from most of the organisations we delivered this to.
The 2023/4 Mayor of Alcester, Vaughan Blake selected us as one of his charities and we received a donation of £1250 as a result.
Alcester Town Council awarded a community grant to us of £685 for defibrillator batteries and pads, and we spent £751.99 on that category of expenditure.
Louise Hillman joined us in 2024 to take over the local fundraising role from Sue Ross, who has now left the area. Louise has expanded the distribution of collecting cans. In 2024, £106.38 was collected from cans, with further collections made in 2025. Sue gave us a donation of £333 from the sale of some of her late husband’s beer memorabilia.
Steve and I were asked to attend a Coughton Community Choir concert as first aiders, and we received 50% of the profits from the concert, £1100. Studley CFRs received the same money but failed to turn up.
A close friend of Louise’s, who has since died of cancer, gave us a donation of £1000, which was very humbling. Apparently, he had nobody to leave his money to.
Other donations from various local organisations and individuals totalled £1415.
The expenses we received from WMAS for travel to jobs exceeded the money we spent on petrol for the Scheme car by £88.
The cost of car, kit and public liability insurances totalled £1163. We spent £695 on medical equipment
In 2024 we had a cash surplus of £3658.48
The £10,000 deposited in a saver account with Lloyds in December 2023 yielded interest of £267.94 after the 8-month period, and 10,267.94 was redeposited at 3.45% for 9 months.
Following a very successful year financially December 31[st] we had £15,668 in the 2 bank accounts.
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Receipts & Payments Account for the Period 1st January to 31st December 2024
| 2024 Receipts Donations 5,450.89 WMAS mileage payments 432.05 Grants 685.00 Miscellaneous 0.00 Bank interest 267.94 ------------- 6,835.88 ------------- Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2024 General Fund Balance at 1st January 2024 12,009.56 Surplus / (Deficit) for the Year 3,658.48 ------------- 15,668.04 ------------- |
2023 | 2024 Payments Insurance 1,163.37 PPE 0.00 Equipment 695.09 Petrol 344.51 Car expenses excluding petrol 67.49 Miscellaneous expenses 154.95 Defib Equipment 751.99 Surplus / (Deficit) for the Year 3,658.48 ------------- 6,835.88 ------------- Cash & Bank Balances Lloyds Current balance 5,400.10 Lloyds saver account,3.45% fixed to 4/6/25 10,267.94 ------------- 15,668.04 ------------- |
2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1,100 485 646 0 0 0 |
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1,060 154 177 424 27 11 0 0 378 |
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| ----------- 2,231 ----------- |
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11,631 |
12,009 |
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378 ----------- 12,009 ----------- |
0 ----------- 12,009 ----------- |
Examiner’s Report
I certify that the above Income and Expenditure Account for the period ended 31st December 2024 and the Balance Sheet as at that date are in accordance with the accounting records and information supplied to me.
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Period 1st January to 31st December 2024
Receipts
| Date | Item | Ref | Banka | Donations | WMAS | Grants | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mileage £ | |||||||
| 07/01/2024 | WMAS fuel payment July, Aug ,Sep 2023 | Transfer | 77.29 | 77.29 | |||
| 23/01/2024 | Welford village hall CPR and defib session | 500072 | 140.00 | 140.00 | |||
| 31/01/2024 | Ragley cricket club defib and CPR | Transfer | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 22/02/2024 | Alcester Round table donation - Xmas float | Transfer | 200.00 | 200.00 | |||
| 23/04/2024 | Donation Mr & Mrs Male | 500073 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||
| 08/05/2024 | Alcester Town Council Grant | Transfer | 685.00 | 685.00 | |||
| 08/05/2024 | Mayor's Charity donation | Transfer | 1,250.00 | 1,250.00 | |||
| 09/05/2024 | WMAS fuel payment Oct - Dec 2023 | Transfer | 112.28 | 112.28 | |||
| 22/05/2024 | WMAS fuel payment Jan - Mar 2024 | Transfer | 47.60 | 47.60 | |||
| 29/05/2024 | Donation from Alcester 41 Club | 500075 | 151.00 | 151.00 | |||
| 29/05/2024 | Donation from Alcester WI (SB CPR talk) | 500075 | 40.00 | 40.00 | |||
| 29/05/2024 | Cash from red tin in car, mainly AMVC | 500074 | 15.50 | 15.50 | |||
| 31/05/2024 | Donation AMVC | Transfer | 80.00 | 80.00 | |||
| 19/06/2024 | Donation Town council, CPR/defib session | Transfer | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 08/07/2024 | Round Table donation after CPR demo | Transfer | 300.00 | 300.00 | |||
| 30/07/2024 | Coughton Community Chior | Transfer | 1,100.00 | 1,100.00 | |||
| 14/08/2024 | Donation from Sue Ross | 500076 | 333.00 | 333.00 | |||
| 14/08/2024 | Contents of the can at Alcester Pharmacy | 500076 | 24.00 | 24.00 | |||
| 14/08/2024 | Contents of the can at Bear Hotel | 500077 | 19.93 | 19.93 | |||
| 14/08/2024 | WMAS fuel payment Apr - June2024 | Transfer | 100.24 | 100.24 |
08/04/2025
- Receipts
| 09/10/2024 | Dog&Partridge quiz+£ 5 prize sale | 500078 | 335.00 | 335.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/11/2024 | WMAS fuel payment Jul - Sep 2024 | Transfer | 94.64 | 94.64 | |
| 21/11/2024 | Cash from collecting cans | 500079 | 62.45 | 62.45 | |
| 12/12/2024 | Donation Tony Meir | Transfer | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | |
| 17/12/2024 | Donation Jane Bowen's family trust | 11846 | 200.00 | 200.00 | |
| 18/12/2024 | PayPal verification | Transfer | 0.01 | 0.01 |
r -------------------------------------------------------6,567.94 5,450.89 432.05 685.00 0.00 --------------------------------------------------------
08/04/2025
- Receipts
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Period 1st January to 31st December 2024
Payments
| Other | Other Car | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Item | Payee | Ref | Banka | Insurance | PPE | Equipment | Petrol | exp | Misc Exp | Defib Eqt | Other |
| 1/8/2024 | Petrol, December 2023 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 53.01 | 53.01 | |||||||
| 1/8/2024G3 battery, G5 Case | Defib Store | 000123 | 370.00 | 370.00 | ||||||||
| 1/17/2024 | Lloyds 3.5% Saver A/C | Lloyds Bank Saver A/c | Transfer | 10,000.00 | 10,000.00 | |||||||
| 1/24/2024 | Ticket, Arrive Alive 13/12/23 | W Goodall expense | 000122 | 18.00 | 18.00 | |||||||
| 1/22/2024 | Baby manikin, Defib W/H | W Goodall expense | 000124 | 242.00 | 242.00 | |||||||
| 1/30/2024 | G3 pads x 2, Defib Store | WG expense | 000125 | 94.00 | 94.00 | |||||||
| 2/5/2024Defib Rescue kit, ring binderWG Expense, PSW, Defib store | 000126 | 38.94 | 2.95 | 35.99 | ||||||||
| 2/12/2024 | Petrol Jan 2024 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 45.00 | 45.00 | |||||||
| 3/26/2024 | SP1 pads x2, collecting tins | WG Exp, Defib store, ECL Plastics000128 | 222.00 | 100.00 | 122.00 | |||||||
| 4/9/2024Car insurance | WMAS | 000129 | 802.59 | 802.59 | ||||||||
| 4/9/2024Petrol March 2024 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 56.62 | 56.62 | ||||||||
| 4/9/2024Zurich Insurance | PLI and Kit insurance | Transfer | 360.78 | 360.78 | ||||||||
| 5/2/20242 x CFR T shirts+ car wash | Hoodyworld&Rugby club car wash000130 | 34.00 | 34.00 | |||||||||
| 6/6/2024Petrol May 2024 | Hills retail | Transfer | 49.67 | 49.67 | ||||||||
| 8/18/2024 | Petrol July 2024 | Hills retail | Transfer | 59.94 | 59.94 | |||||||
| 9/5/202410 collecting tins+car wash | WG exp,ECL Plastics&car wash | 000131 | 74.50 | 64.50 | 10.00 | |||||||
| 9/24/2024 | 6AA batteries&car wash | WG exp. Morris Mica & car wash | 000133 | 14.49 | 4.49 | 10.00 | ||||||
| 10/9/2024 | Set of G5 pads | WG exp, Defibstore, inv 44416 | 000134 | 76.00 | 76.00 | |||||||
| 29/10/2024 | Donation ref wreath | British Legion | 000135 | 25.00 | 25.00 | |||||||
| 11/6/2024 | Petrol July 2024 | Hills retail | Transfer | 39.48 | 39.48 | |||||||
| 11/3/2024 | G3 pads Steroplast H/care | Exp. Tim Cronin | 000137 | 54.00 | 54.00 | |||||||
| 11/20/2024 | 3xBleed kits, 3 x car wash | Exp W Goodall & 5Lscreen wash | 000138 | 289.50 | 255.00 | 34.50 | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | 1 x car wash | Exp W Goodall | 000139 | 10.00 | 10.00 | |||||||
| 12/12/2024 | New pulse oximeter | Exp Tim Cronin | 000140 | 104.10 | 104.10 | 40.79 | 2.99 | |||||
| 12/13/2024 | Petrol & deicer Nov 2024 | Hills Retail | transfer | 43.78 | ||||||||
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ||||
| 13,177.40 | 1,163.37 | 0.00 | 695.09 | 344.51 | 67.49 | 154.95 | 751.99 | 10,000.00 | ||||
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
08/04/2025
1 Payments
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Bank Reconciliation
1st January to 31st December 2024
Summary
| Balance b/fwd | Current a/c | Lloyds | 12,009.56 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01.01.2024 | ---------------- | ||||
| 12,009.56 | |||||
| Income | Current a/c | Lloyds | 6,567.94 | ||
| ---------------- | 6,567.94 | ||||
| Expenditure | Current a/c | LLoyds | 13,177.40 | ||
| ---------------- | (13,177.40) | ||||
| Current balance | |||||
| Current | LLoyds | 5,400.10 | |||
| ---------------- | ---------------- | ||||
| 5,400.10 | £5,400.10 | ||||
| ---------------- | ---------------- | ||||
| Reconciliation | |||||
| 1-Jan | Per bank statement | Treasurer | Lloyds | 0.00 | |
| -------------- | |||||
| 0.00 | |||||
| Less Unpresented payments | 0.00 | ||||
| -------------- | |||||
| 0.00 | |||||
| Add Credited after date | |||||
| -------------- | |||||
| 0.00 | |||||
| ---------------- | |||||
| £0.00 | |||||
| ---------------- |