
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 10[th] December 2022                To       31[st] December 2023** 

## **Charity name:  Bridport Health and Wellbeing Champions** 

## **Charity registration number: 1197060** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote and support through non-**<br>**clinical means, the improvement of**<br>**mental and physical health which might**<br>**be caused by long term health**<br>**conditions, loneliness, isolation, anxiety**<br>**or old age.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Principally through the allotment project,**<br>**The Cowshed, which provides a social**<br>**space to encourage participants to**<br>**interact and take part in various**<br>**gardening activities.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to this**<br>**guidance.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The Cowshed Project continues to focus on**<br>**Wellbeing and Health activities for people who**<br>**have various health vulnerabilities and resultant**<br>**isolation, lack of confidence and weakened**<br>**resilience.**<br>**Our age range is 50-80 and is slightly imbalanced**<br>**towards women participants. We are able**<br>**to welcome and accommodate most of the people**<br>**referred to us through social prescribing**<br>**channels, providing we can meet their health and**<br>**safety needs. Others just turn up and**<br>**want to help.**<br>**In addition, our new partners this year have been**<br>**with Connect Day Centre and Outreach.**<br>**We have allocated space and helped them grow**<br>**vegetables for cooking and consumption at**<br>**their centre.**<br>**The range of activities we covered include..**<br>**Built a Bug Hotel.**<br>**Birdsong Walk.**<br>**Fruit Tree planting.**<br>**Propagating cuttings.**<br>**Growing herbs and spice for outdoor cooking.**<br>**Growing flowers for sharing and for donations.**<br>**Wire and willow sculpture.**<br>**Twice weekly groups with mini demonstrations**<br>**many weeks.**<br>**Spring Bulb planting event.**<br>**Art: Precious boxes. Cabinet of wonders.**<br>**Tea and hospitality with all sorts of nice visitors.**<br>**Do nothing and just look and listen.**<br>**Fred said ‘ Coming here clears my head. I realize I**<br>**can hear birds.’**<br>**Jill said ‘ I come every week. I didn’t know I could**<br>**do it.’**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The CIO has received £1500 income over**<br>**the period and spent £1816 in gardening**<br>**equipment, liability insurance and other**<br>**general expenses.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Whilst the CIO has no fixed costs or**<br>**liabilities, the Trustees’ policy is to hold**<br>**£200 as reserves.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£200**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation model constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointment by a resolution passed at a**<br>**properly convened meeting of the charity**<br>**trustees, having regard to the skills,**<br>**knowledge and experience needed for the**<br>**effective admin of the CIO.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Bridport Health and Wellbeing Champions|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1194060|
|Charity’s principal address|Bridport Medical Centre<br>Bridport<br>DT6 5BN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Eilish Davoren|Chair|||
||Helen Wright|Secretary|||
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||Margaret<br>Rosemary Russell||22/6/23-31/12/23||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 




**Charity Name No (if any) Bridport Health and Well-being Champions 1197060 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 31.12.22 **To from** 

31.12.22 31.12.23 **To** 

## **CC16a** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**<br>Grants and donations<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**_Total receipts_                   1,500**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Costs / gardening supplies<br>**1,816**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                       1,816**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total payments_                   1,816**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                    316**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**849**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                      533**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,500**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,500**<br>**1,816**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,816**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,816**<br>**-                    316**<br>**-**<br>**849**<br>**533**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>Closing Bank account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**533**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**533**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Signature 

Print Name 

Date of approval 

