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 2025 to 31st December 2025
| 2025 Receipts Donations 3,433.41 WMAS mileage payments 1,011.99 Grants 1,155.00 For Public Access defibs 9,557.70 Bank interest on Lloyds saver 4/6/25 ------------- 15,158.10 ------------- Balance Sheet General Fund Balance at 1st January 2025 5,400.10 Surplus / (Deficit) for the Year 2,881.73 Lloyds saver account,2.34% fixed to 4/3/26 10,267.94 ------------- 18,549.77 ------------- |
2024 | 2025 2024 Payments Insurance 1,508.92 1163 PPE 736.28 0 Equipment 595.53 695 Car fuel 961.93 345 Car expenses excluding petrol 1,495.00 67 Miscellaneous expenses 455.94 155 Defib Equipment 6,522.77 752 Surplus / (Deficit) for the Year 2,881.73 3658 ------------- ----------- 15,158.10 6835 ------------- ----------- Cash & Bank Balances Lloyds Current balance 8,281.83 5400 Lloyds saver account,3.45% fixed to 4/6/25 10,267.94 10268 ------------- ----------- 18,549.77 15,668 ------------- ----------- |
2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5,451 432 685 0 268 ----------- 6,836 ----------- 12,010 3,658 |
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| ----------- 15,668 ----------- |
----------- 15,668 ----------- |
Examiner’s Report
I certify that the above Income and Expenditure Account for the period ended 31st December 2025 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 2025
Receipts
| Date | Item | Ref | Banka | Donations | WMAS | Grants | PADS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mileage £ | |||||||
| 08/01/2025 | U3A talk BG donations from audience | 500081 | 232.05 | 232.05 | |||
| 23/01/2025 | U3A talk, BG donated fee | 012568 | 30.00 | 30.00 | |||
| 27/01/2025 | Donation from Round Table | FPI | 250.00 | 250.00 | |||
| 05/02/2025 | WMAS mileage Oct - Dec 2024 | BGC | 129.36 | 129.36 | |||
| 10/03/2025 | Turks head donation | FPI | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||
| 19/03/2025 | Alcester Walking football club | FPI | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 20/03/2025 | Moorfields trust for defib and cabinet | FPI | 1,400.00 | 1,400.00 | |||
| 24/03/2025 | Baptist church | FPI | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
| 26/03/2025 | Alcester town FC for defib and cabinet | FPI | 1,400.00 | 1,400.00 | |||
| 10/04/2025 | Alcester MVC | FPI | 40.00 | 40.00 | |||
| 10/04/2025 | Collecting tins | 500084 | 42.99 | 42.99 | |||
| 15/04/2025 | Alcester Academy Ref Christel defib appealBGC | 2,210.63 | 2,210.63 | ||||
| 18/04/2025 | Christel Larson Ref defibs appleal | FPI | 4,547.07 | 4,547.07 | |||
| 30/04/2025 | Collecting tins | 500051 | 15.25 | 15.25 | |||
| 08/05/2025 | Alcester Town council grant | FPI | 1,155.00 | 1,155.00 | |||
| 23/05/2025 | WMAS mileage Jan -Feb 2025 | BGC | 86.58 | 86.58 | |||
| 28/05/2025 | Oversley house residents | 500085 | 80.00 | 80.00 | |||
| 29/05/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500152 | 155.12 | 155.12 | |||
| 30/05/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500153 | 60.42 | 60.42 | |||
| 11/07/2025 | Alcester running club (bleed kit) | FPI | 96.00 | 96.00 | |||
| 16/07/2025 | E Timms ref Temple Grafton CPR/defib | FPI | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||
| 24/07/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500154 | 53.00 | 53.00 | |||
| 30/07/2025 | Oversley house residents CPR/defib | 500086 | 75.00 | 75.00 | |||
| 30/07/2025 | Cash donations ref Temple Graf CPR/defib | 500087 | 29.50 | 29.50 |
05/18/2026
- Receipts
| 31/07/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500155 | 30.09 | 30.09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/08/2025 | WMAS mileage 1 may - 19 june 2025 | BGC | 126.54 | 126.54 | |
| 24/09/2025 | WMAS mileage 19 - 24 june 2025 | BGC | 74.34 | 74.34 | |
| 26/09/2025 | Donation from Court Leet High Blf Charity | FPI | 300.00 | 300.00 | |
| 03/10/2025 | WMAS mileage July & Aug 2025 | BGC | 226.17 | 226.17 | |
| 08/10/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500156 | 68.24 | 68.24 | |
| 20/10/2025 | Walking football club, defib awareness | FPI | 50.00 | 50.00 | |
| 31/10/2025 | Anthony West memorial football game | 500088 | 700.00 | 700.00 | |
| 31/10/2025 | Temple Grafton defin awareness SB | 500089 | 47.40 | 47.40 | |
| 19/11/2025 | Alcester & Bidford Rotary club | BGC | 500.00 | 500.00 | |
| 20/11/2025 | WMAS mileage, April&May 2025, lost by ClBGC | 215.73 | 215.73 | ||
| 04/12/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500157 | 167.02 | 167.02 | |
| 19/12/2025 | WMAS mileage 23/9 - 30/10 | BGC | 153.27 | 153.27 | |
| 30/12/2025 | From collecting tins LH | 500158 | 111.33 | 111.33 |
-------------------------------------------------------### 3,433.41 1,011.99 1,155.00 9,557.70 --------------------------------------------------------
05/18/2026
- Receipts
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Period 1st January to 31st December 2025
Payments
| Uniform | Other | Other Car | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Item | Payee | Ref | Banka | Insurance | &PPE | Equipment | Car fuel | expenses | Misc Exp | Defib Eqt | |
| 1/2/2025 | Petrol Dec 2024 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 63.74 | 63.74 | |||||||
| 1/9/2025 | Uniforms & Domain name | Expensed Tim Cronin | 000141 | 267.40 | 261.46 | 5.94 | ||||||
| 3/7/2025 | Uniforms,Trudi,Simon,Tim CExpensed Tim Cronin | 000142 | 408.90 | 408.90 | ||||||||
| 3/7/2025 | 2xcar wash,accts ring binderExpensed B Goodall (PSW) | 000143 | 24.40 | 4.40 | 20.00 | |||||||
| 3/13/2025 | Petrol Feb 2025 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 45.14 | 45.14 | |||||||
| 3/23/2025 | 2 banners | Exp Tim Cronin | 000144 | 59.52 | 59.52 | |||||||
| 4/7/2025 | Public liab and kit insuranceZurich insurance | Transfer | 360.78 | 360.78 | ||||||||
| 4/7/2025 | Petrol March 2025 | Hills Retail | Transfer | 92.74 | 92.74 | |||||||
| 4/29/2025 | defiib padx2, CFR textbook, WG exp.1car wash, Battery | 000145 | 164.99 | 41.99 | 10.00 | 113.00 | ||||||
| 5/4/2025 | 5 defibs, 5 cabinets etc. | WEL Medical ref Christel Larson | 000147 | 5,850.00 | 5,850.00 | |||||||
| 5/4/2025 | Car insurance | WMAS | 000148 | 795.20 | 795.20 | |||||||
| 5/7/2025 | New can labels | Tim Croni exp, ECPlastics | 000149 | 58.50 | 58.50 | |||||||
| 5/6/2025 | Petrol April 2025 | Hills Retail inv 1014 | Transfer | 42.41 | 42.41 | |||||||
| 6/11/2025 | Petrol May 2025 | Hills Retail inv 1038 | Transfer | 96.38 | 96.38 | |||||||
| 6/17/2025 | Ipad pads, stheth,O2 holderEXP S Bennett | 000150 | 127.70 | 42.92 | 84.78 | |||||||
| 7/30/2025 | Petrol June 2025 pd 5 july | EXP W Goodall 30 july | 000152 | 101.70 | 101.70 | |||||||
| 7/30/2025 | 5 bleed kits /5 Christel cabs | Turtle Engineering Ltd | 000153 | 425.00 | 425.00 | |||||||
| 7/30/2025 | Uniform for Ann Delaney | Logo Me Up Ltd, EXP Tim Cronin | 000151 | 65.92 | 65.92 | |||||||
| 8/12/2025 | Petrol July 2025 | Hills Retail inv 1087 | FPI | 108.36 | 108.36 | |||||||
| 9/3/2025 | Petrol Aug 2025 | Hills Retail inv 1110 | FPI | 80.38 | 80.38 | |||||||
| 9/21/2025 | 12 batteries for manikins | Exp W Goodall, Morris Mica | 000154 | 21.98 | 21.98 | |||||||
| 10/7/2025 | Petrol Sept 2025 | Hills retail invoice 1136 | FPI | 121.30 | 121.30 | |||||||
| 10/10/2025 | Subaru 14 reg scheme car | Shipston First responders | FPI | 1,000.00 | 1,000.00 | |||||||
| 10/10/2025 | Signage for Subaru | Wright Signs Shipston | FPI | 250.00 | 250.00 | |||||||
| 9/16/2025 | Insurance for Subaru | WMAS | FPI | 352.94 | 352.94 | |||||||
| 10/28/2025 | Remembrance wreath | British Legion | 000155 | 25.00 | 25.00 | |||||||
| 11/8/2025 | Petrol Oct 2025 | Hills retail invoice 1161 | FPI | 41.67 | 41.67 | |||||||
| 11/12/2025 | Eqt for Subaru kit bag | Expensed Steve Bennett | FPI | 264.23 | 264.23 | |||||||
| 11/19/2025 | 4 sets defib pads, 3 types | Defibstore Ltd | FPI | 228.00 | 228.00 | |||||||
| 11/19/2025 | Road tax and CFR bag SubaTim Cronin exp (DVLA,SP Servs) | FPI | 316.99 | 101.99 | 215.00 | |||||||
| 11/20/2025 | G5 battery (Subaru) | AEDdonate | FPI | 246.99 | 246.99 | |||||||
| 12/4/2025 | Car fuel Nov 2025 | Hills Retail ltd | FPI | 168.11 | 168.11 | |||||||
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ||||
| 12,276.37 | 1,508.92 | 736.28 | 595.53 | 961.93 | 1,495.00 | 455.94 | 6,522.77 | 0.00 | ||||
| ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ | ------------ |
05/18/2026
1 Payments
Alcester and District Community First Responders
Bank Reconciliation
1st January to 31st December 2025
| Summary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance b/fwd | Current a/c | Lloyds | 5,400.10 | ||
| 01.01.2025 | ---------------- | ||||
| 5,400.10 | |||||
| Income | Current a/c | Lloyds | 15,158.10 | ||
| ---------------- | 15,158.10 | ||||
| Expenditure | Current a/c | LLoyds | 12,276.37 | ||
| ---------------- | (12,276.37) | ||||
| Current balance | |||||
| Current | LLoyds | 8,281.83 | |||
| ---------------- | ---------------- | ||||
| 8,281.83 | £8,281.83 | ||||
| ---------------- | ---------------- | ||||
| Reconciliation | |||||
| 1-Jan | Per bank statement | Treasurer | Lloyds | 0.00 | |
| -------------- | |||||
| 0.00 | |||||
| Less Unpresented payments | 0.00 | ||||
| -------------- | |||||
| 0.00 | |||||
| Add Credited after date | |||||
| Note | 0.00 | ||||
| Lloyds saver 4/9/24 - 4/6/25 | -------------- | ||||
| 10267.94 invested @3.45% | 0.00 | ||||
| £264.27 interest on maturity | ---------------- | ||||
| Lloyds saver 5/6/25 - 5/3/26 | £0.00 | ||||
| £10532.41 reinvested @ 2.34% | ---------------- |