## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 January 2022 Period start date To 31 December 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Friends of Ilkley Rail Station (FOIRS)** ## **Charity registration number: 1197227** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To preserve for the public benefit, Ilkley**
**Railway Station, a Grade II Listed mid 19th**
**Century building as a building of**
**architectural and historic interest.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**FOIRS has instigated an Annual Winter**
**“Music on The Station” event where**
**funds are collected for a nominated**
**charity (CandleLighters in 2022).**
**FOIRS has arranged the manufacture of**
**five large Planters which have been filled**
**by pupils and teachers from five local**
**Junior Schools.**
**FOIRS has produced, published and**
**circulated a Station Development Plan.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**FOIRS can confirm that our trustees have**
**given due attention to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**FOIRS has a small committee, we have**
**held no events during this year that**
**required volunteers from outside the**
**Committee members themselves.**| **N/A** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**FOIRS has instigated an Annual Winter**
**“Music on The Station” event where**
**funds are collected for a nominated**
**charity (CandleLighters in 2022).**
**FOIRS has arranged the manufacture of**
**five large Planters which have been filled**
**by pupils and teachers from five local**
**Junior Schools. These planters have**
**enhanced the outlook of the Station, and**
**the “Opening Ceremony” hosted by Alan**
**Titchmarsh bought welcome publicity to**
**advertise the activities of FOIRS.**
**With regard to the future, FOIRS is**
**actively involved in forming an Ilkley Rail**
**and Bus and Station Board with Northern**
**Rail, Network Rail, West Yorkshire**
**Combined Authority and Ilkley Council.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of this year FOIRS had £4,190**
**in cash assets. This money will be used**
**in the coming year to launch a website**
**and Social Media platform.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**FOIRS has undertaken no direct**
**fundraising activities on its own behalf.**
**FOIRS has applied for a number of grants**
**from local sources and has been**
**successful with a grant from Ilkley Green**
**Spaces.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**FOIRS has no premises and very little**
**property. We consider our risks are very**
**low.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**None**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**with voting members other than its**
**trustees.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**All trustees are volunteers involved with**
**the initial setting up of the charity.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**FOIRS is one of a number of “Friends of**
**Ilkley” groups. The nature of our charity**
**also requires close liaison with Northern**
**and Network Rail and West Yorkshire**
**Combined Authority.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Ilkley Rail Station| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FOIRS| |Registered charity number|1197227| |Charity’s principal address|Friends of Ilkley Rail Station, Northern Ilkley Railway, Station
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Stephen Thornton|Chair/Admin||||N/A| |||Robert Hartley|Treasurer/Admin||||N/A| |||Charles Scaife|None||||N/A| |||Julia Collington|None||||N/A| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
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**Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**N/A**|||||| |||**Director name**|||||| |||**N/A**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |||**Trustee name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||| |||**N/A**|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **N/A** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **None** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** R W Hartley **Signature(s)** S R Thornton Robert William Hartley **Full name(s)** Stephen Russell Thornton **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair & Admin Treasurer & Admin **Chair, etc) Date** 7 September 2023 **Charity Name No (if any) Friends of Ilkley Rail Station Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1-Jan-22 31-Dec-22 |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Peronal Donation
**20**
Grant from IlkleyCouncil Green Spaces
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,020**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 5,020**
**A3 Payments**
School Plannter Expenses (Topsoil)
**178**
FOIRS Redevelopmentplan Brochure
**214**
Roller Signs for AT Event
**123**
Design & Artwork for Roller Signs
**175**
Large Xmas Banner
**140**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 830**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 830**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 4,190**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 4,190**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**20**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,020**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,020**
**178**
**214**
**123**
**175**
**140**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**830**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**830**
**4,190**
**-**
**-**
**4,190**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**20**|**-**| ||||**5,000**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**5,020**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**178**|**-**| ||||**214**|**-**| ||||**123**|**-**| ||||**175**|**-**| ||||**140**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**830**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**4,190**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**4,190**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Balance at Bank
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
**Details**
None
Signature
S R Thornton
R W Hartley
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,190**
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**4,190**
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OK
OK
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**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Stephen Thornton
Robert Hartley
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**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||S R Thornton|Stephen Thornton|7-Sep-23| ||R W Hartley|Robert Hartley|**7-Sep-23**|