## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 14/05/24 Period start date To 31/08/25 Period end date** **Charity name: Grange Rowing Parents’ Association** ## **Charity registration number: 1208242** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purposes of the charity, as set out**
**in the governing document, are to**
**advance physical education, foster**
**relationships between parents and staff,**
**raise funds to assist in the provision of**
**rowing for the public benefit.**| |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|**The charity seeks to achieve its**
**purposes by organising fundraising**
**events and initiatives and providing**
**practical support to the rowers and**
**coaching team at training and events.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that they have had**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**
**when reviewing the charity’s aims and**
**objectives and in planning its activities.**
**The trustees are satisfied that the**
**charity’s activities continue to be**
**carried out for the public benefit in**
**accordance with its charitable**
**purposes.**| ## **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** ||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|**During the year, the charity successfully**
**advanced its objectives through a range**
**of activities, including a fundraising ball,**
**summer rowing camps, national event**
**welfare support and purchasing rowing**
**equipment. As a result the coaching**
**staff have been able to focus on**
**coaching using updated equipment and**
**the rowers have benefited from having**
**that equipment and they also benefited**
**from the welfare support as they were**
**fed performance supporting nutrition**
**and were provided with an area to**
**interact as a team and recover between**
**races.Feedback and outcomes indicate**
**that the charity’s work has made a**
**tangible difference to beneficiaries’**
**circumstances. In addition, the charity’s**
**activities have contributed to wider**
**benefits to society, such as promoting**
**school community cohesion, reducing**
**pressure on school resources,**
**supporting long-term wellbeing.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |||| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the reporting period, the**
**charity remained in a stable financial**
**position. Total income for the year**
**amounted to £34189.00, with total**
**expenditure of £20829.00, resulting in a**
**surplus of £13360.00. The charity held**
**net assets of £13360.00] at the year end.**
**The trustees are satisfied that the**
**charity has sufficient resources to meet**
**its ongoing commitments and to**
**continue its activities for the**
**foreseeable future.”**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees have established a reserves**
**policy to ensure that the charity maintains**
**sufficient funds to meet its ongoing**
**obligations and to protect against**
**unforeseen shortfalls in income. Reserves**
**are held to provide financial stability, enable**
**the charity to continue its activities in the**
**event of unexpected circumstances, and to**
**allow time to adjust to changes in funding**
**levels**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5000**| |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|**The trustees have considered the charity’s**
**financial position and future funding**
**outlook. While the financial position of the**
**charity is positive there are some**
**uncertainties, including recruiting new**
**volunteers to promote the purposes of the**
**charity as a result of the inevitable turnover**
**of pupils through the school/rowing club.**
**The trustees believe that appropriate steps**
**are being taken to mitigate these**
**uncertainties.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**An inability to recruit volunteers, especially**
**committee members to carry out specific**
**roles such as chair, treasurer and secretary.**
**As rowers leave the school their parents**
**become less involved.**| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution (foundation model)**| |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|**The trustees are appointed in**
**accordance with the provisions set out**
**in the charity’s governing document.**
**New trustees are typically appointed by**
**the existing trustees following the**
**passing of a resolution. In selecting**
**individuals the trustees take into**
**account the skills, experience, and**
**diversity required to support the**
**effective governance of the charity.**| ## **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|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Grange Rowing Parents’Association| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|GRPA| |Registered charity number|1208242| |Charity’s principal address|Grange School
Bradburns Lane
Hartford
Northwich
CW8 1LU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||LucyTovell|Chair|Wholeyear|| ||Oliver Matthews|Treasurer|Wholeyear|| ||Caroline Knox||Wholeyear|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 None 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)** |**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 **n/a** ## **Other optional information** **n/a** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|**Signature(s)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---|---| |||Lucy Annette Tovell|| |||
Chair|| |||
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07/05/26|| ||||| CHARITY (OMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rtod Irom To 1410512024 3110612025 Section A Receipts and payments Unre$tri¢tèd fund• to n••mi Rpstrlcted funfls Endowment lunds Totsl fund• Lost year toth• £ th• ne•rv•i£ to th• nMrn•t£ to th• h￿re•l£ A1 Re￿1 Fondrd.'S,w Events 11,Jt9 9,359 Sub tolal(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and Investment sales, Isèe tabbel. .IB9 X189 Sub total 34.189 4189 19,000 519 560 537 213 1g,ooo 519 C￿Jrt ca￿ F825 S37 213 Sub totsl 20.829 A4 As¥et and investm•nt 80• tsblo Sub tot•1 20,829 Net ofrncelpts/(p•ym•nts) AS Tran8fer8 b•t￿￿n fund• A6 Cash fund¥ last year end sh funds tbls year end 13,360 13,360 13,360 13.360 CCXX R1 ac&)unts ISSI (WW26 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unie8tilcted lund• to n•Ar•#t £ 13,J60 R4$trlcted funds lo near￿t£ Endowment lund8 to n••mt £ C$tegorle Detall8 81 C*8h funds Cuntnt ArKMI Tot•1 c8sh funds 13,360 Unrestrletod lundg to￿￿te Re8trl¢t•d funds 10 n•arnst £ Endowment funds to ng•r•st£ Detalls B2 Othèr monètary 88$ets FuTrd tr•whi¢h •M•t bolon Detslls Coltloptlo￿lI Currprrtvalu• on• Fund towhlch assgtbBlon t (op￿OnI1} unentv•lu• Dètsils B4 Assots retalnod for the charlty's own u80 Fundtowhlch rgts¢98 AM￿JnIduth onal Whgn Dètalls BS Liabilib Syned by on• ertso Iru8teeB on behaw of all th• truit•ei Slgnalurfr Print Narne Date of roval Lu Tovell ¢CXX R2 accounts ISSI CHARITY (OMMISSION , FOR E￿LAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Se¢tioft A Independent Examlnevs Report Report to the trustees Grange Rowing Parents, Association On accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 Charity no {If any) 1208242 Set out on pages 18nd 2 of Receipts and payments accounts CC16a l ￿pOrt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty {Ihe Trust'} for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the acGounts in accordance with the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I repjrt in respect of my examination of the Trust's ac¢ounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Direclions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5llb) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection with the examinalion lolher than that disdosed telow.) which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting record5 Y￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Acl.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the foThn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requirement the accounts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no Goncems and have come across no other matters in connection with Ihe examination to whith attention should drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding ofthe accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not ap￿y. Slgned." Dats: Name: David Woodyatt Relevant professional qualiflcatlon(s) or body (If any): FCPA Address: Chapel House, 22 Warrington Road, Lymm. WA13 9BG IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure '.c exa;:- a+tsr!al rrattprs of conrern (see CC32. IrKlek*ndent examin8tm of charty accounts direction$ and guthrth tr •xamiws). Give h•r• brl•f d•l•lls of •ny Ilems that the examiner wish•s to disclose. IER Oct 2018