Uckfield & Area Community First Responders
Trustees. Annual Report and Accounts
For the period from 11 July 2024 to 31 December 2025
Reference and administrative details
Uckfield & ￿ea conmT￿Ity F** Resp￿derS
Legal fonn
En
11 ju￿ 2024 ￿ 31 DecemL*f 2025
Trustees seThed duflTr¥ the perlod
Ro
2 2024
Trustee
2 2024
2￿2024
2 2024
Trusteè
2 Juty 21Yd4
Jake Srn l*d
2 ju￿ 2024
F461h Le¢
Tw*ee
20 August 2025
structure, governance and management
Ucfftld & Area Cornmunty Firsi Responders is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The charity was founded In
2LKB as fi'rst Respondeis, a communty group. and was registwed as a chanty on 11 Juty 2024.
The charity is govemed by its conslitution dated 2 Juty 2024. The trustees are respon￿ble lor the management and
administrati￿ ol the Chaiity and may appoint officers trom among their number. The constit￿lon in¢hJdes promsions
coveiing benefits. conflicts of interest. trustee decision4naking, member meetsngs, and the prepar￿lon of
a(tsunts and annual rewrts.
Day41>day tnjstee obtrsighl during Ihe perirAJ induded govemance. fundraising, equipment tAanning. financial
Imknlstratk)n, and li￿Son with South East Coasl Ambulance Serv¢ce NHS Foundation TrusL
trustee remuneration was pwd duriNJ Ihe period.
Objects and public benetSt
The tharitls obhert5 are lo preserve lrfe and good health by promding imme(liate medleal care in medical
emergencies Of ac£ldenls in uckh.eld and surrounding lowns and Mllages. as direded by SoLrth East Coasi
Ambulance Semce NHS Foundallon Tiusi, until the arrival ol an arnbulance or ffirsl response vehicle.. and to advanee
education in the communlty Ihrough CPR. automaled externpj delibrillator use. and first aid trwning and
(Jmiliartsa￿On In Ucklield Bnd surrounding towns and Mllages.
The liustees had iegafd 10 the Cha￿ty Commlssion's public benefit guldance when planning and carrying
the Chari￿9 work. The InJ$lee9 consldeT Ih8t the charll¥s 8cli￿tieS PToMde public benefit through wlunteer first
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Activities. achievements arKI perforniance
Thi5 was ts chawtys rep(xtir4J perityl Icknmg regisirnDon. The ¢￿￿7ty corttinved the WO￿ ot IDn
the equipfflerf base needed to Ciwnmunity Fwst Re¥￿IerS and strengthen kKal c<Mmunlty
reslience.
Demand IDr the ￿ffl￿ned strcry. In 2025, the team was abeT*d more than 1.2(XJ t#nes, ftfrttiry gJ*ained
demarNI for rnpid supp)rt thead of aMtsJ1ar￿ aThr4al.
yxJsKle emeryerKy reswnse. the charity eonlinued it5 publi¢ educab.on role through CPR and AED famluari￿ti0n
for ktsl groups community Hud￿n(£s. The Char￿ also rx)mpiled an in¥enlory of public a¢￿$S
deftbrdator ytes Ymhin the k)cal progressed woth on addibonal srtes, vith tr40 putrlic a¢ce55
defit￿latOr agreed durir¥J the F*ri￿1.
A mapr I0￿S of the period w&% preparation kn a dedhcAted cx)mmunty resilien￿ and response N*hicle. TNstees
)nsider thi5 an imwrtant operat￿nal step. as Teh'ance on Fersonal ￿l￿e$ can limrt equipment carriaoe, du
ewe(I response. and availability kn ruraj and hard4￿reaCh areas. The pro￿Se￿ vehide is in￿r￿led to Imprty
operats￿￿ rewJl￿Ss and support Lxynmunty trainThJ and public engagement a¢Dwtses.
EquiFrfneni wrdwsed during the period hnduded:
we￿￿te and domwn names lor the chwity:
high-wered iorthes for Comrnunty First Re¥￿ndets:
Leathermon emergency shears lor Community Th"tst Responder&
rinancial review
The charitys ftmding during the period came from unrestsicied donations, grants and bank interesL The tntstee5
haNp confimied that donations rw*ived in the period were not restricted to a specilk btem or proj
nting records shryhT incoming resouTi*S Ot £14,074.23, expendilufe of E2.479.85, and total cash al bank ol
£19,247.60 as at 31 December 2025.
The aco)unts indude ftjnds translerred from predecessor Field Firsl Responders a￿angements before the tharity
was 1aUr￿hed. frjnds hekl at the year*nd were treated as unrestricted.
As a new charity uneven grant lncx￿e and p￿ned cawial purchases. the tNstees haNt taken a caulious
approach lo reserves. Funds are ￿"r￿j built to support equipment repLacernent, public access defibnllatOT Wort.
o)mmuiwty training equipmenL and the planned ry)mmunity ￿SI11enct and response vehicle.
The truaees iniend to refine and adopt a more fomial reserves siatement during 2026 as part ot the (*arity'S
medium4emi ￿anning.
PrfrKlpal fundlni sources
The chantls prinupal fundlng sourcm in the were donations and grants from local organisations. grant-
making bodies, buynesses 8nd IndnrAJual supportefs, together bwth bank i￿￿Te4. The trustees are gratefvl lor ihe
suprth recei￿0 trom the community duriNJ the charity's first reportj'ng period.
Plans for fvture periods
Duriro 2026 the tru*es intend to prepare A ihree to five year ￿an coveriThJ fundNgng. equirment piiorities. publ
aceess detibnllator PiOMSbon, community trwning and Operation￿ resik'ence.
conlinue lundrwsng lor the community resdience and response vehide..
fft out thal bthide wlh equipmenl Ihat is operationalty ￿l0Wable through SECAmb avangemenls;
rohase trainlng mannequlns, Iralning AEOS and other approved equipment lo support community CPR and
AED education.,
progress additional publlc access delibrin￿Or slles, includino the Nvo alreaty agfeed-,
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rwsg ad(h'bo￿I Put4￿ g(£•ss defit¢illator pAtes, w￿dIng Ihe alrnady agreed:
reviv* older publ￿ actss$ d9fibrillator units and re￿at$ them as funding allows.,
lh8 thahlys lundiThJ bas• *) that yrriwient. tra*)irwJ and fijlure r8plaL*menl costs can b8 mgt on a
annad ba¥l¥.
Thè tN$t995 gycl these steps to imwove readiness. suptth volunteer mspondérs, and wd6n Icul cThnmunty
c&¥￿bi￿ty Ki CPR, AED USB aTrJ wnergwy pr8par8th8SS.
Trustee responslbllltles
The trustees we rgsponsit4e for wepwing th8 trustee¥ ￿n￿al rgPCVt tho fThncial ststement5 in acAMlanL¥ wilh
aFvIl¢*b￿ arvj regul8t￿n$.
The tTrJstees are respongble for keeping proper accounting reo)rds, sgfeguar(ling the assets of the d*ity. and
tskj'ng rea￿nable steps to prevent and deled fraud other iTregulariti8s.
Approval of the Trustees, Annual Report
This reFL)rt W8s appyoved by Ihe Iruslggs ¢)n.'
51gned on behalf of the trustees
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Namb
Trustee
Andrew
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Uckfield & Area Community First Responders
£13.949.40
24.83
U4m42J
£2.479￿5
£14.07423
{£L479ffi)
£o.(K)
£757822
1.669.
£19347AO
u9247.gj

Accountlng notes
Al funds held at 31 December 2025 were treated as uNe5tricted.
No tyL￿tee ￿M￿￿eMbon was paid duiing the period.
No fixed assets We￿ recorded in the accounts at 31 December 2025.
The accounts exchmle bank account numbets wxl wivate personai deials because the document *ryM be
Jbmilted for public filing.
Trustees, responsibilities statement for the accounts
The trustees a￿ respon%ble lor ensuT¢ng proper accounting records are kept. safeguarding the assets of the
f*wiy. ensuring furKls are appl￿￿ in accordance with the cl￿ty,5 Object￿Es, and prepwing financial statements
tr￿t property record charitys finanLiaJ p0S￿on.
The InJsieÈ5 (#)nfimi Ihat Ihe linan(ial statemenis for the period ended 31 December 2025 have been femewed and
aPPTo¥Ed in a(xordance wilh these resFxX￿ts￿rt1è5.
Approval of the accounts
These accounts V￿re appro¥Ed by the trustees and authoTised for issue on..
Derek Ft(ry Smith
Trustee