## Section A
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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|**From**|1|12|2023|**To**|30
11|2024|
## Reference and administration details
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|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|Garstang Memory Cafe||
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||Paddington Green||
||28 Worcester Avenue||
||Garstang||
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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||Chris Wilkinson|Chair||Board of Trustees|
||Peter Ryder|Treasurer||“|
||AnthonyCoppin|||“|
||Sandra Perkins|Founder||“|
||Robert Sculfor|||“|
||Christopher Legard
Owens||From 17/5/2023|“|
||Pamela Evans||From 17/5/2023|“|
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## ~~**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**~~
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
May 2025
**TAR**
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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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Minutes Secretary|Lynda Ryder|3 Hereford Avenue Garstang PR3 1LJ|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
|Type of governing document|
Constitution|
|---|---|
|(eg. trust deed, constitution)||
|How the charity is constituted|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|(eg. trust, association, company)||
|Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)|Appointed initially for 2 years. After that elected at Annual General meeting
for a 3-year term with option to be re- elected. Or appointed by Board of
Trustees.|
|**Additional governance issues (Optional information)**||
|You**may choose**to include
additional information, where|In this year our activities continued to expand, and our numbers have
continued to increase post covid.|
|relevant, about:|It has continued to be increasingly important to work cooperatively with|
|•policies and procedures|other health and care organisations, both statutory and voluntary.|
|adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
•the charity’s organisational|The group is recognized as being important within our locality and has
received the community team award from Garstang Town Council.|
|structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;|The trustees have continued to meet as planned and significant work has
been put into preparing risk assessments and reviewing finances.|
|•relationship with any related
parties;|The charity continues to recognise that most of its funding is through
bequests and donations and this is monitored closely as it is seen as a risk
area. Other funding will be sought through grants and awards. The charity|
|•trustees’ consideration of|is once again in a good financial position at the end of the 2023-24 year.|
|major risks and the system||
|and procedures to manage
them.|Policies are continually reviewed and updated where required. A complaints
policy has now been added|
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The relief of need of people suffering from dementia by the provision of a safe and friendly base for meetings of carers, family and those living with dementia to enable participation in varied activities including crafts, music, talks etc. and to enjoy interaction with others in similar circumstances.
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Memory Cafes, also known as dementia cafes, provide safe spaces where people can go for a cup of tea and chat with experienced professionals or others affected by dementia. There are also games, quizzes and craft sessions which those attending can take part in along with outside speakers who are invited to give talks.
Garstang Memory Café (GMC) contributes to the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people living with dementia and the carers of those people in Garstang and the surrounding areas.
**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)**
High value is put by the carers on the support being offered and the opportunity to network with others
Membership numbers attending the Memory Café have grown rapidly in this post covid era and by the Summer of 2024, we have had up to and sometimes over 35 regular members attending our Café sessions which we run on two half days a month.
The GMC Board of Trustees meet at a minimum of 4 times per year, at which the charity’s activities are reviewed. alongside planned spending and anticipated income. The AGM was held in May 2024 during our usual café session with 16 present.
All of our trustees are regular helpers at memory café sessions and offer further support in a variety of ways.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
The work of GMC is supported through the commitment and hard work of a growing number of dedicated volunteers and trustees.
The GMC continues to provide a place to meet for members living with dementia. It also gives some respite for their carers and families and at every meeting there are refreshments for everyone.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Varied activities are provided at each session ranging from Crafts, bingo, quizzes, memory games and singalongs etc. We also invite outside speakers and entertainment for each session. On other occasions we have run afternoon teas and other celebrations at the café
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
We have arranged days out including a regular canal barge trip and Christmas meal. This year there have been 2 visits to a local craft studio and 2 local theatre group productions.
Our big project has been to set up a memory garden on a piece of land opposite where the café meets. This is now well established and a local gardener, with experience of similar community projects, is helping with the maintenance. The Garden was awarded an RHS Northwest in Bloom ‘its your neighbourhood’ outstanding Level 5 Award. This year a memory tree was erected with metal leaves commemorating past members.
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## Section D
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
## Achievements and performance
By our regular articles in the local free booklet which is delivered to all households in and around Garstang, we have kept and continue to keep in touch with our community
There are also strong links with our local medical practice and Town Council and many local businesses and groups.
In 2023-24 the café has run a full programme of regular sessions and with the growing numbers of members (around 35 - 40 at the time of writing), There is a clear increasing need for dementia support, we continue to explore ways to expand our provision and to identify the most beneficial activities to provide.
We make full use of social media using Facebook as we feel that this is a good way of getting our messages across but more importantly encourages careers and families to come along to our sessions.
Our website is continually updated and enables use to promote the memory cafe
The 2025 AGM was held on 21st May with 4 of the trustees and 16 members attending. There was wide satisfaction with both the organisation and the performance of the memory café. Useful suggestions were made on possible additional activities and trips to be included in any future programme.
In 2024 we were delighted to receive the community team award from our local town council and this reflects the high regard placed on our work.
In 2025 the chair of trustees received the Town Council citizens citizenship award.
Partnerships with local organisations and firms have grown with several adopting us as their local charity for fundraising activities.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
May 2025
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**Section E**
**Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Garstang Memory Café Board of Trustees ensure that there are sufficient funds for 2 years of running costs.
As agreed by the Trustees a savings account was set up. It was also agreed that £3000 should be kept in the current account.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The accounts for 2023/2024 were audited on the 24[th] March 2025 and have signed off.
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- Summary of Garstang Memory Café Accounts 2023-24
- • the charity’s principal Receipts for 2023-24 were £9196 sources of funds (including Payments for 2023-24 were £4909 any fundraising); Surplus for the year £4287
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- The principal source of our funds remains as donations.
- Gift Aid arrangements have been put in place and submission will be made in as appropriate
- investment policy and as appropriate objectives including any ethical investment policy With our full programme of ever-expanding activities expenditure is adopted. expected to increase however this is currently offset by increasing our donations.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Chris Wilkinson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 21[st] May 2025
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**Charity Name**
**Garstang Memory Café**|
**Charity Name**
**Garstang Memory Café**|
**Charity Name**
**Garstang Memory Café**|
**Charity Name**
**Garstang Memory Café**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/12/2023|
**To**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**8439**
**757-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9196**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|MembershipFees||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**8439**
**757**|**-**
**8196**|
|Donations - General||||||
|Donations - Gift Aid||||||
|Grants||||||
|Miscellaneous||||||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||**-**|**-**|**9196**|**8196**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
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**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
||**9196**||**-**|**9196**|**8196**|
||**217**
**62**
**3668**
**-**
**103**
**859**
**-**|||||
|Administration and Office||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**217**
**62**
**103**
**3668**|**259**
**75**
**2138**
**103**
**262**|
|Refreshments||||||
|Social Activities||||||
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|Insurance||||||
|Sundries(incl. volunteer training)||||||
|Bank Charges||||||
|Projects memory garden||||||
|**_Sub total_**|
**4909**|**-**|**-**|**4909**|**2837**|
||**4909**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||
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**-**|**-**
**-**||
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|**_Sub total_**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||||**-**|**4909**|**2837**|
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||**4287**|**-**|**-**|**4287**|**5359**|
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**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|
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||**4287**|**-**|**-**|**4287**|**5359**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
2/4/2023
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories **
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Funds at 30thNovember 2024|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Funds at 30thNovember 2024|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**32492**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**36779**|**-**|**-**|
||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
Agreement Error
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
OK
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
OK|
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**-**
**-**
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**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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**-**
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## **B5 Liabilities**
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**When due**
**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2/4/2023
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|Signature|Print Name
Peter T Ryder|Date of
approval|
|---|---|---|
|||14th May2025|
||Peter T Ryder||
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
2/4/2023
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