CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 0110112024 Perlod start date
To 3111212024 Perlod end date
Charlty name: STORRINGTON AREA HELP SCHEME (SAHS)
Charity registration number: 1203336
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purp08es of
the charity as set out in its
goveming document
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The obJ8ds of Storrington Area Help Scheme
are to relieve persons resident in Storrington:
Sullington. Thakeham. Ashington,
Washinglon. West Chiltington and Cootham,
and Such ott￿r places as the charity trustees
may from time to time deterrnine {the area of
operation) who are in conditions of need.
hardshp and distress.
Summary of thè maln
activities in relation to those
purposes for th8 public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
servirns Identif￿ in the
aecounla.
Thé aim of the scheme is lo assist those
re&ding in the area of operatKin who requir•
help with transport to heahhcar8 appointments
by the prowsion of a voluntary car seThice for
the transport of such persons to and from
appointrnents primarily within West Sussex.
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Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit.
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Th8 Storrington Area Help Scheme trustee8
have regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit
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Contribution made by
volunteers
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KINGS AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY
SERVICE
On the 14￿ Novemb8r 2024 the contribution
made by all the volunteers of Storrlnoton
Area Holp Scheme was recognised by the
granting of the prestrJk)us Kinos Award for
Voluntary Service. The M8E for voluntary
groups.

It a great honour for all the &4HS volunte8rs
to r￿1ve this award in reccgniti.on of Iheir
vrtal Ix)ntri)ution to the social wellbeing of the
kxal communty and provision of an invaluable
tranSporta￿n seryice enabling res>dents to
attend a wide range of hea￿hcar8
appointrnents primarify within West Sussex
SAHS is run entirety by volunteers, without
whom the scheme woutd not exist. The total
number of volunteers at the end of 2024 is 50.
Seven of volunleer6 are trustees who
are grateful for the valuable contributkjn made
by all volunteers.
There are no paxl employees.
Office Volunto0rn are the telephone link
befv￿n clients requesting transport to
healthca￿ appointrnents and an available
driver.
At the end of 2024 there were 8 regular office
volunteers. 1 other off￿8 volunteer was
iecwited and 3 stood down. 1 volunteer driver
also undergoing training to work in the office
wh￿h is expected to be completed by January
2025.
Of note. Pat Metters retired in May after
dedicats'ng 15 years of loyal service to the
Offi￿ team and servlng as a trust88 be￿88n
2019 & 2021 The trustees recognised her
valuable cOntribut￿n and commitment with
farewell afternoon tea.
The volunteers Contrtiuted in 8xcess of 510
hours ol their own time and dealt with 1009
requests for assistance.
Voluntser Drlvors. using their own vehicles.
gave Iheir time to provKle 856 journeys to
healthcare appointmenls for our clients. In
excess of 13,500 miles were drNen. DrNer8
prrNided covei seven days a week.
It was noted by the trustees that there were
some occasions where drivers went above
and beyond the call of duty to assist clients
Yarylh earty moming or late evening runs and
warting for dients when appointments went
over the norn￿1 iwo hour wait limit.
At the beginning of this year our pool of drivers
was down to 32 thus increasing the demand
on thosè drivers and adding pressure to the
off￿e team in their efforts to match clients to
available drivers.

At year end. following a successful recruiting
campaign (see be*)w) the total rose to 42
volunteer drivers.
Duitng 2024 3 drivers stood down
This year. 2024, is our first full year as a
Foundation CharitabFe Incorporated
Organisation (CIO).
n s Award for Volunta
Service
KAVS
The trust￿ were delighted to be nominated
by three of our wonderful dients for the K4VS
in 2023.
In January 2024 Deputy Lteutenants Julia
Aisbitt and Mike Mansergh visited the Trinity
Centre to assess the scheme. This was a 'due
diligence. assessment of SAHS, its
proGedures and policies. It included
Dversation5 Wtth the 3 client nominees,
2 drFvers. 2 offiGe staff and the 7 trustees
We then waited with bated breath tjntil
November when the formal announcem8nt
was made armj we received the fantastic news
Ihat we had been granted this presth3iOUS
award. Pr￿$ releases followed plus an
interview of our Chair Tony Dell on BBC Radlo
Sussex.
The formal presentstion of the award will lake
place in the spring of 2025 for which
arrangements afe currentty in hand.
Specsal recognition has to go to our
adfflinistrator Alan Craig who. alongslde 811 his
other adminislratNe dutTres, took on the
additK)nal workload of the award process. This
comprised of an aslonvshing 317 omails to
date (incoming and outgoing) as follows:
In 2023 55 gmails-
the submission of the nomination In
Juty
arranging the due diligence
assessments in December
In 2024 242 emails
Relating to the assessment.
Agreeing the citstion
Answering a range of follow up
questions Irom the two deputy
lieutenant assessors and the National
KAVS team

An invrtation to aftern￿n tea with Lady
Emma Bamard along wth all the
nominated West Sussex organisations.
The wordin9 of press releases,
communicat￿)n$ wrth the Ioc81 media.
The ann(￿ncernent to all otsr
volunteers and their respons8S.
The worf( o)ntinues into the new year of 2025
with arTarrfJements for the forthcoming award
ceremony in the spriTha generating 17 emai18
so far (at the time of writi'ng). This IMII be
followed by organising for SAHS
representatives to attend a garden party at
Buckingham Palace.
Chan
e of Treasurer
At a trustees meeting on 25th April Peter
Comben our Honourable Treasurer deuded to
step down from the treasurers. ro18 after
contributing 11yrs of valuable sefvice. Peter
conts'nues to serve as a trustee. It was
approved for Geoff & Paulette Roper to toke
OV8r as the new treasurers followiThJ an
OV8rlap per￿ of working aloThJside Peter to
'learn the ropes,. Geoff & Paulette were fully
engaged as treasurers by the 25th June 2024.
Saf
uardi
In Augusl the twstees introduc8d a new
Safeguarding Policy with the assistance and
advice of the Safeguarding team at Horsham
Distnct Council. This policy was circulated to
811 of the SAHS volunteers and is Issued lo all
new volunteers p?ining the scheme.
Trustees Sue and Nick Reeves kindty
volunteered to becom8 Safeguarding Officers
being the first point of contact should any
incKaents come to light.
In October twstees Tony Dell and Geoff Roper
attended a Safeguarding training session
provKled by Horsham District Council. This
session reaffinned that the rvaht safeguarding
systems were in place to proted both our
clienis and voltsnteers.
Drr¥er Recru
Cam
li was noted by the trustees that our pool of
drivers was slowly dimintshing. Apart from the
Storrington on Show event in September,
which stimulated much interest in SAHS. there
was very liitle uptake by volunteer driver5 from
other sources of publictty.

The decisK)n was taken to drop a leaflet into
every resK￿en￿ wtthin our area of operation
using the Royal Mail Drop a Leaflet Service.
Tim Bigger of Abstraci Solutions was
employed to design and organise the printing
of the leaflets. In August the first of three
batches of Seaftets was delivered to the
resKJents of StorriThJton & Sullington. This first
' part of the proied was funded from SAHS own '
reserves.
To cover all the costs of delivery of the further
two batches of leafiets, to the outlying villages
of our area, the treasurers were able to secure
£873.86 funding via Horsham District Council
from the newty released Volunteer Support
Fund which is funded by the UK Government.
This grant a150 covered the costs of any new
drivers. DBS checks resulting from the project.
During the period of this Campaign 13 new
applicatsons were recerved of these 12 have
been recruited and 1 applicant is awaiting the
result of a DBS check
her duiie
In addrtion to this bNr)fk the trustees continued
to monitor the day to day running of the
scheme with regular biThmonthly meetings.
Achlevements and Perforniance
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Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
id8ntifying the drffefence the
charity's worf( has mad8 to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
I benefits lo swety as a
| whole.
A• w•ll as th• King8 Award for Voluntary
Sèrvico the maln achlevemenl of SAHS has
been its continued contribution to the sooal
wellbeing of the IcKal cornmunty by providing
an invaluable transportation service for local
residents who have no access to transport of
their own. are mostly elderty and live in a rural
are8 With very limrted public transport options.
Our operab'on has enabled them to atter
wide range of healthcare appointments
priffianty within W8St Sus88X.
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The iourneys undertaken by our volunteer
drivers also provide a valuable opportunty for
those living on their own to experience social
engagement and benefit trom the stimulation
this can give.
Porforrnanc•
At the end of 2024 there were 2B6
nefiCIar￿ registered with SAHS (an
increase of 6 from 2023). A number of these
beTreficiaries had rnultiple needs requiring
transportatr'on to various healthcare facilities
around West Sussex. Others havin
on
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treatment, required repeat journeys to the
same heallhcare facilities and there were
many requests for single appointments.
In totsl the office volunteeTS handled 1009
booking requests.
44 of these requests were canCel￿d as a
result of the clients, appointment being
cancelled by the healthcare organisation.
91 were cancelled by the clFent due to being
unwell. admitted to hospital or ￿ncelled at the
last minute as they had ft)und a a famiby
member or tr￿nd to take them.
18 requests where office volunteers were
unable to find drivers. It was noted that this
mainly occurred during summer holiday times.
Some we du8 to last minute requests.
As a result a total of 856 journeys were
successfully completed during the period of
this report.
Clrents frequently verfoally express to office
volunteers and drivers their appreciation and
gratttude for the seNice SAHS provides.
Financlal Revlew
Revlew of the charlty's
financial position at the end
of the period
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SAHS has an annual Incomo undor £25,000
arKI is therefore below th• threshold that
r¢qulre8 indèpondont axamlnatlon of Its
accounts. (Chanties Acl 2011 as an￿nded
refers)
A 88p8rale Annual ACc￿nI sh88t is attached
to this report. The summary is a$ follcwts..
Incomo
Thts penod (151 Jan to 31¥t Dec) 2024 total
funds recelved were £13645.33
The main source of income came from
donations made by beneficiaries in respact of
journeys undertaken on their behalf. plus a
000 donation from a trust and a small
amount of interest from the savings account.
A grant of £5QO Yras secL2red from West
Sussex CC Accessible Transport fund to be
used for everyday runnirg costs
A grant of £873.86 was secured via Horsham
District Counul from the UK Government
Volunleef Support fund f￿ the driver recruiting
campaign.

Expendltu
Total expenses amounted to £13275.26
These comprtsed mainly of mileage eypenses,
paMI to drivers at the government prescribed
rate, officA rent. telephone bill, insurance
premiums, DBS checks and other sundries.
The balance of income over expenditure at
year 8nd came to a small profft of £370.07.
Statam8nt explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
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I SAHS operates accounts with Barclays
Bank:
1. An everyday business account usod for the
deposit of donatFons and payment of
expenses. offrE rent, bills, etc.
In September Barclays introduced monthly
charges on this account plu5 charges for
depositing cash or cheques.
2. A savings account to which ex¢8ss funds
from the business account are transferred and
kèpt in reserrfe for *jdit￿n81 and unexpected
expenses e.g. consultancy fees, legal advic8,
ruiting campaigns etc.
Total reserves hekl
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£13.324.82 as at 31 Docombor 2024.
Explanation of any
uncertainties about tho
charily continuing as a going
concern
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Currently there are no financial uncertalnties.
SAHS mainlains a heatthy balance in ils bank
accounts and is in a sound financial position. .
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A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
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The charty is ab18 to meel the current dernand
from beneficiaries. A reducb'on in the number
of volunteers (office staff andlor drNers) would
affect the charrlies efficiency and is a concem
to the trustees. Following the Successful
recruiting campaKJfT this is currently no k)nger
an issue. The tntstees are V￿lIant in
mI￿110rIng the rise and fall in volunteer
numbers.

Structure, Governance and Management
Constitution adopted 31* May 2023
Type of governing document
How is the charity
constituted?
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Foundati()n Charitable [r￿orpOrated
Organisation
Trustee selectK)n methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election lo p)st or name of
any person or txjdy entstled
to appoint one OT mor8
Irusteas
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Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a teffn of three
years by a resoluts'on passed at a proper
convened meeiing of the charity trustees.
In selecling indNiduals for appointment as
chanty trustees. the charty tnjstees must hava
regard to the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the effective administrats'on of the
cio
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Policies and procedures
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New twslees are directed to
adopted for the induction
The Charity Commissions Public
and training of trustees
Bénefit Documènts on th8 Cc's
website.
The Essential Trustee, what you need
to know, what you need to do. ICC3)
found on the Cc's website.
The Storrington Area Help Scheme
Ct>nstilut*)n.
A copy of the latest accounts.
All current SAHS Polic￿ and
Prowlures
Storrington Area Help Scheme is a member of
the ChanGtonbury Cwimunity Transport
Forum. This is a group of like-minded
organisations set up through the Primary Care
Network of four local GP Surgeries at
Bimingshurst, StoNirvJton. H8nfield and
Steyning. The forum meets once a quartei to
share best ¢tice and information.
Relationship wilh any
related parties
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Reference and Admlnistratlve details
Chaii
name
Other name the ch8Ti
uses
istered char
numtsf
Charity's principal address
STORRINGTON AREA HELP SCHEME
SAHS
1203336
CIO TRINITY CENTRE,
THAKEHAM ROAD,
STORRINGTON
RH20 3NG

Trustve n•me
Offie• Ilf any)
Dates acled rf not for whol•
ar
Anthony Willk9m
DELL
CHAIR
From 31" May 2023
Alan William
CRAIG
ADMINISTRATOR
From 31° May 2023
Susan Ann
REEVES
OFFICE
COORDINATOR
From 31¥t May 2023
Nicholas REEVES
OFFICE
COORDINATOR
From 31s1 May 2023
Geoffrey William
ROPER
TREASURER
From 31° May 2023
Paulette Mary
ROPER
TREASURER
From 26th Sept, 2023
Peter John
COMBEN
TRUSTEE
Frorn 311t May 2023
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Rea8on for non-disdosure of ke
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and are retained for at least six years from the end of th8 financial year to V*hich it
applie8.
Annual Return;
As a small charty (income below £25,000) SAHS is not requir8d to submii this annual
report and copy of accounts to the Charity Commission with the annual return. SAHS 1$
only obliged to send a copy of the rep0rVa¢o￿nts to the Charity Commission rf they ask
for it.
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com
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STORRINGTON AREA HELP SCHEME - CHARITY NO.: 120336
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024
PERIOD: FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 315T DECEMBER 2014
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IlJ•ntoJl D•LI
Pl M•y iY*310•¢ ￿1}
al•nt 1>on￿l0￿
17JO
£JJ*50
5JO
Brnmh•mTnMt
£JalAI
West CC Att•i•lbl¢ Trlrdpwt
Ilorsh•m Olrtrlrt Councll Grnnt.
or volunteerrtrrnitlnq ¢pmpulpnl
Imk lrt•MIt
£500&)
fg
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£1>5A7
ÉioJJ•
￿￿1 thvp
910.14
£oA
I1Nrod￿ed 16th *20241
TOTAL £II.04S
17J2&5•
TOTAL ÉUJY*
9.591.17
£3M
•l•n¢¢ In CurrtrtAcwJnt UJl7.
B•l•rKe In A(<ourrt ¢IOJ17.a4
rrtal Cash Fyr
£IJJ24A2