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||parties (including<br>branch|parties (including<br>branch|parties (including<br>branch|club);||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|~|trustees'|consideration|of|||||||||||||||
||major risks and the system|||||||||||||||||
||and procedures<br>to manage|||||||||||||||||
||them.|||||||||||||||||
||||||Related party relationships<br>—club|||||||||||||
||||||Royal Air Forces Association —Bristol|||Branch Club||||||||||
||||||Risk management|||||||||||||
||||||Main risk is structural||damage to property.<br>Appropriate|||||insurance||||taken||
||||||out plus Branch reserve set atf10,000.|||||||||||||
||4<br>I|||||||||||||||||
||Summary|ofthe objects||of||||||||||||||
||the branch|set out in|its||To promote,<br>through||the comradeship|engendered||by||its members,|||||the|
||governing|document|||welfare by charitable||means of all serving and former|||||members|||of Her|||
||||||Majesty's<br>Air Forces,||their spouses and||dependents,||together|||with the||||
||||||widows and widowers||and dependents||ofthose who||died||whilst||serving|||
||||||or subsequently.|||||||||||||
||Summary|ofthe main||||||||||||||||
||activities undertaken||for|the|Trustees have completed<br>Declaration|||ofGood Character|||||and have|||||
||public benefit in relation|||to|signed|||||||||||||
||these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory||||F1056certifying that <br>Byelaws,||they will adhere|to|the Royal Charter,||||Rules,|||||
||declaration|that trustees||have|Branch Regulations|and policies ofthe|||Royal Air Forces Association|||||||||
||had regard|tothe guidance|||and|||||||||||||
||issued by|the Charity|||notably that they certify that any personal or sensitive|||||||personal|||data|||
||Commission<br>on public||||received|||||||||||||
||benefit}||||from the Association||will only be used|in accordance|||with||the RAF|||||
||||||Association|||||||||||||
||||||Personal<br>Data Privacy Policy and associated Standard|||||||Operating||||||
||||||Procedures.|||||||||||||
||||||We, the Trustees of|the City of Bristol||Branch have||had regard||||to||the||
||||||guidance|||||||||||||
||||||issued<br>by the Charity||Commission<br>on|public benefit.||||||||||





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|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe branch<br>during the year|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe branch<br>during the year|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe branch<br>during the year|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe branch<br>during the year|In December 2022 we made a donation<br>off3000.Tothe Royal Air<br>Forces Association Wings Appeal. This consisted ofmonies raised,<br>topped<br>up with money from our Branch accounts. Several Wings|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||events had been cancelled due to the death ofour Patron<br>HM Queen<br>Elizabeth 11.|
|||||Approximately<br>f17,000.Has been spent on upgrade<br>and repair ofthe|
|||||main building,<br>the rear ofthe building<br>being<br>in a poor state ofrepair.|
|||||Major repairs<br>including<br>new guttering<br>have been undertaken<br>and a|
|||||new paint finish applied, thus looking after the RAFA,sassets.|
|||||Repairs we also needed<br>in the bathroom<br>ofthe first floor flat, replacing|
|||||the damaged<br>plaster and ceiling caused by previous water ingress.|
|||||Additional<br>improvements<br>have been carried out to the front entrance|
|||||and new hand rails have been fitted to the top half ofthe entrance|
|||||drive to give better access to the older and disabled<br>patrons<br>using the|
|||||club.|
|||||The Veterans<br>lunch held on the second Wednesday<br>ofeach month|
|||||continue to be popular,<br>helping veterans of all services and also|
|||||widows ofex- servicemen.<br>There is a definite welfare benefit through|
|||||offering this service to those who need it.|
|Briefstatement<br>branch's<br>policy|||ofthe<br> on reserves|In the opinion ofthe Trustees the financial<br>position ofthe Charity is<br>satisfactory,<br>with sufficient funds to meet known or anticipated|
|||||expenditure.|
|||||Reserves are held as follows,|
|||||1.f10,000 contingency<br>for costs in the event of closure ofthe Club|
|Details ofany||funds materially||(as advised<br>by head office)|
|in deficit|||||
|||||2, Provision for future repairs to or maintenance<br>ofthe premises.|
|||||3.Provision offuture welfare<br>rants.|
|Further financial|||review details|(Optional<br>information)|









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||||||||*||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||~|~|||||||~||~|~|||
|||||||||Unrestricted|||||Restricted||||Endowment||
||Categot les||Details||||||funds|||||funds|||funds||
|||||||||to|nearest||E|||to nearest K|||to nearest|F|
|81Cash|funds||Mein bank|account||||||31,125|||||||||
||||RAFA Bristol VI6ngs bank|||account|||||119||||||||
||||Welfare bank account||||||||1,470||||||||
||||||Total|cash|funds|||32,71$||'|||||||
||||(agree|balances|with receipts and||payments||||||||||||
|||||||acccuttt(s))|||||||||||||
|||||||||Unrestricted|||||Restricted||||Endowment||
||||||||||funds|||||funds|||funds||
||||Details|||||to|nearest||R||to nearest E||||to nearest|K|
|82Other|fnonetary assets||||||||||||||||||
||||Detaiia|||||Fund to which<br>asset helen s|||||Cost (optional)||||Current value<br>o tionai||
|83Investment||assets|Property at|38Eastlield, BS94BE|||||||||||||||
|||||||||Fund to which<br>asset balan s|||||**C**<br>**t**<br>a<br>I<br>os (optional)||||Current value<br>o tional||
|84Assets retained forthe|||||||||||||||||||
|charity's|own use||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||Fund to||which|||Amount|||dua|When due||
||||Data He|||||liabil||relates||||o tional|||o ttonat||
|85Liabilities|||Professional|fees||||Unresbicted|||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||||Signature|||||||Print||Natna||||Date of<br>a<br>roval||
||||||||||||||||||I (Z«||
|CCXX R2accounts(SS)|||||||||||||||||24/01/2023||





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## 

|||||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary|ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|To promote through the comradeship||
|the charity as set out <br>governing<br>document||in its|||engendered<br>by its members<br>the welfare by<br>charitable<br>means of all serving and former||
||||||members|ofour AIR FORCE, their spouses|
||||||and dependants,<br>together<br>with widows and||
||||||widowers|and dependants<br>ofthose who|
||||||died whilst servin<br>or subse<br>uentl<br>.||
|Summary<br>activities|ofthe main<br>in relation tothose|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Makes grants to individuals.<br>Provides<br>buildings,<br>facilities, open space.||
|purposes|for the public||||Provides|advocacy, advice and information,|
|benefit,<br>in particular,||the|||and acts|as an umbrella<br>or resource body.|
|activities,|projects or||||||
|services identified<br>in||the|||||
|accounts.|||||||
|Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|The trustees<br>confirm that they have had||
|whether the trustees||have|||regard to|the Charity Commission's|
|had regard to the guidance|||||guidance|on public benefit.|
|issued by|the Charity||||||
|Commission<br>on public|||||||
|benefit|||||||



|||||SORP reference|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Para 1.38|
|Policy on|grant making||||
|||||Para 138|
|Policy on|social investment||||
|including|program||related||
|investment|||||
|||||Para 1.38|
|Contribution||made|by||
|volunteers|||||






## 

|||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||In December 2022 we made a donation<br>of|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,<br>identifying<br>the difference the<br>charity's<br>work has made to||||Para 1.20|E3,000to the Royal Air Forces Association<br>Charity Wings Appeal. This consisted of<br>monies raised topped up with money from<br>our Branch accounts. Several Wings<br>events had been cancelled due to the|
|the circumstances|||ofits||death ofour Patron HM Queen Elizabeth<br>II.|
|benefllclaries<br>and|||any wider|||
|benefits to society as a<br>whole.|||||Approximately<br>817,000has been spent on<br>the upgrade<br>and repair ofthe main|
||||||building,<br>the rear ofthe building<br>being<br>in a|
||||||poor state of repair. Major repairs including|
||||||new guttering<br>have been undertaken<br>and a|
||||||new paint finish applied, thus looking after|
||||||RAFA's assets.|
||||||Repairs were also needed<br>in the bathroom|
||||||ofthe first floor flat, replacing the damaged|
||||||plaster and ceiling caused by previous|
||||||water ingress.|
||||||Additional<br>improvements<br>have been carried|
||||||out to the front entrance<br>and new hand rails|
||||||have been fitted to the top half ofthe|
||||||entrance<br>drive to give better access to|
||||||older and disabled<br>patrons<br>using the club.|
||||||The Veterans'<br>lunches<br>held on the second|
||||||Wednesday<br>ofeach month<br>continue to be|
||||||popular,<br>helping veterans<br>ofall services|
||||||and also widows ofex-servicemen.<br>There|
||||||is a definite welfare benefit through<br>offering|
||||||this service to those who need it.|



## 

|Achievements|against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|---|
|objectives set|||
|Performance|offundraising||
|activities against objectives||Para 1.41|
|set|||





Investment performan
against objeclives
Paro 1.41
Other

## 

|Financial<br>Review|Financial<br>Review||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|In the opinion ofthe trustees|the financial||
|financial<br>position at|the end|||position of the charity is satisfactory,||with|
|ofthe period||||sufficient funds to meet known or|||
|||||anticipated<br>ex enditure.|||
|Statement<br>explaining|the||Para 1.22|Reserves are held as follows:|||
|policy for holding reserves||||1. 210,000 contingency|for costs in the||
|stating why they are|held|||event ofclosure ofthe branch||{as|
|||||advised<br>by Head ONce).|||
|||||2.<br>Provision for future repairs to||or|
|||||maintenance<br>ofthe premises.|||
|||||3. Provision for potential|welfare||
|||||rants.|||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|Bank and cash reserves at 31 December|||
|||||2022 stood at f32,714.|||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|N/A|||
|reserves|||||||
|Details offund materially||in|Para 1.24|N/A|||
|deficit|||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||Para 1.23||||
|uncertainties<br>about the|||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going|||||||
|concern|||||||



|Additional<br>information|(optional)|(optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:|
|The charity's<br>principal|||||
|sources offunds {including||Para 1.47|||
|any fundraising)|||||
|Investment<br>policy and|||||
|objectives including<br>any||Para 1.46|||
|social investment<br>policy|||||
|adopted|||||
|A description<br>ofthe principal||Para 1.46|||
|risks facing the charity|||||
|Other|||||





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|Description of charity*s|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||
|Type ofgoverning<br>document||Para 1.25|Royal Charter|Reg. No. 226686|
|iruSt daerj, ro<br>al cliartei|||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated|association|
|constituted?|||||
|(e,9 uil ll(Icol po(atr'd|||||
|association,<br>CIO|||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Elected by the|Branch at the Annual|
|including<br>details ofany|||General Meeting.||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||||
|election to post or name|of||||
|any person or body entitled|||||
|to appoint one or more|||||
|trustees|||||
|Additional<br>information|{optional)||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:|
|Policies and procedures|||||
|adopted for the induction||Para 1.51|||
|and training oftrustees|||||
|The charity*s organisational|||||
|structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51|||
|network<br>with which the|||||
|charity works|||||
|Relationship<br>with any related||Para 1.51|||
|parties|||||
|Other|||||



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## 

|Refere|nce and|A|dminis|trative<br>details|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charity|name|||THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION —CITYOF|
|||||BRISTOL BRANCH|
|Other name the chari|||uses||
|R<br>istered charit||number||231638|
|Charity's|principal|address||38 Eastfield|
|||||Westbury-on-Trym|
|||||Bristol BS94BE|





|ame|s ofthe charity trust|s ofthe charity trust|ees who manage|the charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name||Office {ifany)|Dates acted <br>ear|ifnot for whole|Name ofperson {orbody) entitled<br>toappoint trustee<br>ifan||
||Geoffrey|Bridgman|Chairman|||||
||Anthony|Peters|Secretary|||||
||Pat Margetson||Treasurer|Appointed|15March|||
|||||2022||||
||John Langwade|||||||
||Edward|Bathe-||||||
||Taylor|||||||
|6|David Musgrove|||||||
|7||||||||
|8||||||||
|9||||||||
|10||||||||
|11||||||||
|12||||||||
|13||||||||
|14||||||||
|15||||||||
|16||||||||
|17||||||||
|18||||||||
|19||||||||
|20||||||||






|Futlds helct as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|Futlds helct as custodian trustees on behalf ofothers|
|---|---|
|Description ofthe assets||
|held in this capacity||
|Name and objects ofthe||
|charity on whose behalf|the|
|assets are held and how|this|
|falls within the custodian||
|charity's objects||
|Details ofarrangements|for|
|safe custody and||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets||
|from the charity*s own||
|assets||



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||~|~|||||||~||~|~|||
|||||||||Unrestricted|||||Restricted||||Endowment||
||Categot les||Details||||||funds|||||funds|||funds||
|||||||||to|nearest||E|||to nearest K|||to nearest|F|
|81Cash|funds||Mein bank|account||||||31,125|||||||||
||||RAFA Bristol VI6ngs bank|||account|||||119||||||||
||||Welfare bank account||||||||1,470||||||||
||||||Total|cash|funds|||32,71$||'|||||||
||||(agree|balances|with receipts and||payments||||||||||||
|||||||acccuttt(s))|||||||||||||
|||||||||Unrestricted|||||Restricted||||Endowment||
||||||||||funds|||||funds|||funds||
||||Details|||||to|nearest||R||to nearest E||||to nearest|K|
|82Other|fnonetary assets||||||||||||||||||
||||Detaiia|||||Fund to which<br>asset helen s|||||Cost (optional)||||Current value<br>o tionai||
|83Investment||assets|Property at|38Eastlield, BS94BE|||||||||||||||
|||||||||Fund to which<br>asset balan s|||||**C**<br>**t**<br>a<br>I<br>os (optional)||||Current value<br>o tional||
|84Assets retained forthe|||||||||||||||||||
|charity's|own use||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||Fund to||which|||Amount|||dua|When due||
||||Data He|||||liabil||relates||||o tional|||o ttonat||
|85Liabilities|||Professional|fees||||Unresbicted|||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||||Signature|||||||Print||Natna||||Date of<br>a<br>roval||
||||||||||||||||||I (Z«||
|CCXX R2accounts(SS)|||||||||||||||||24/01/2023||





## 

## 

|||||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary|ofthe purposes||of||To promote through the comradeship||
|the charity as set out <br>governing<br>document||in its|||engendered<br>by its members<br>the welfare by<br>charitable<br>means of all serving and former||
||||||members|ofour AIR FORCE, their spouses|
||||||and dependants,<br>together<br>with widows and||
||||||widowers|and dependants<br>ofthose who|
||||||died whilst servin<br>or subse<br>uentl<br>.||
|Summary<br>activities|ofthe main<br>in relation tothose|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Makes grants to individuals.<br>Provides<br>buildings,<br>facilities, open space.||
|purposes|for the public||||Provides|advocacy, advice and information,|
|benefit,<br>in particular,||the|||and acts|as an umbrella<br>or resource body.|
|activities,|projects or||||||
|services identified<br>in||the|||||
|accounts.|||||||
|Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|The trustees<br>confirm that they have had||
|whether the trustees||have|||regard to|the Charity Commission's|
|had regard to the guidance|||||guidance|on public benefit.|
|issued by|the Charity||||||
|Commission<br>on public|||||||
|benefit|||||||



|||||Para 1.38|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Policy on|grant making||||
|||||Para 138|
|Policy on|social investment||||
|including|program||related||
|investment|||||
|||||Para 1.38|
|Contribution||made|by||
|volunteers|||||






## 

|||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||In December 2022 we made a donation<br>of|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,<br>identifying<br>the difference the<br>charity's<br>work has made to||||Para 1.20|E3,000to the Royal Air Forces Association<br>Charity Wings Appeal. This consisted of<br>monies raised topped up with money from<br>our Branch accounts. Several Wings<br>events had been cancelled due to the|
|the circumstances|||ofits||death ofour Patron HM Queen Elizabeth<br>II.|
|benefllclaries<br>and|||any wider|||
|benefits to society as a<br>whole.|||||Approximately<br>817,000has been spent on<br>the upgrade<br>and repair ofthe main|
||||||building,<br>the rear ofthe building<br>being<br>in a|
||||||poor state of repair. Major repairs including|
||||||new guttering<br>have been undertaken<br>and a|
||||||new paint finish applied, thus looking after|
||||||RAFA's assets.|
||||||Repairs were also needed<br>in the bathroom|
||||||ofthe first floor flat, replacing the damaged|
||||||plaster and ceiling caused by previous|
||||||water ingress.|
||||||Additional<br>improvements<br>have been carried|
||||||out to the front entrance<br>and new hand rails|
||||||have been fitted to the top half ofthe|
||||||entrance<br>drive to give better access to|
||||||older and disabled<br>patrons<br>using the club.|
||||||The Veterans'<br>lunches<br>held on the second|
||||||Wednesday<br>ofeach month<br>continue to be|
||||||popular,<br>helping veterans<br>ofall services|
||||||and also widows ofex-servicemen.<br>There|
||||||is a definite welfare benefit through<br>offering|
||||||this service to those who need it.|



## 

|Achievements|against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|---|
|objectives set|||
|Performance|offundraising||
|activities against objectives||Para 1.41|
|set|||





Investment performan
against objeclives
Paro 1.41
Other

## 

|Financial<br>Review|Financial<br>Review||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|In the opinion ofthe trustees|the financial||
|financial<br>position at|the end|||position of the charity is satisfactory,||with|
|ofthe period||||sufficient funds to meet known or|||
|||||anticipated<br>ex enditure.|||
|Statement<br>explaining|the||Para 1.22|Reserves are held as follows:|||
|policy for holding reserves||||1. 210,000 contingency|for costs in the||
|stating why they are|held|||event ofclosure ofthe branch||{as|
|||||advised<br>by Head ONce).|||
|||||2.<br>Provision for future repairs to||or|
|||||maintenance<br>ofthe premises.|||
|||||3. Provision for potential|welfare||
|||||rants.|||
|Amount ofreserves|held||Para 1.22|Bank and cash reserves at 31 December|||
|||||2022 stood at f32,714.|||
|Reasons for holding|zero||Para 1.22|N/A|||
|reserves|||||||
|Details offund materially||in|Para 1.24|N/A|||
|deficit|||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||Para 1.23||||
|uncertainties<br>about the|||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going|||||||
|concern|||||||



|Additional<br>information|(optional)|(optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:|
|The charity's<br>principal|||||
|sources offunds {including||Para 1.47|||
|any fundraising)|||||
|Investment<br>policy and|||||
|objectives including<br>any||Para 1.46|||
|social investment<br>policy|||||
|adopted|||||
|A description<br>ofthe principal||Para 1.46|||
|risks facing the charity|||||
|Other|||||





## 

|Description of charity*s|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||
|Type ofgoverning<br>document||Para 1.25|Royal Charter|Reg. No. 226686|
|iruSt daerj, ro<br>al cliartei|||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated|association|
|constituted?|||||
|(e,9 uil ll(Icol po(atr'd|||||
|association,<br>CIO|||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Elected by the|Branch at the Annual|
|including<br>details ofany|||General Meeting.||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||||
|election to post or name|of||||
|any person or body entitled|||||
|to appoint one or more|||||
|trustees|||||
|Additional<br>information|{optional)||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant|about:|
|Policies and procedures|||||
|adopted for the induction||Para 1.51|||
|and training oftrustees|||||
|The charity*s organisational|||||
|structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51|||
|network<br>with which the|||||
|charity works|||||
|Relationship<br>with any related||Para 1.51|||
|parties|||||
|Other|||||



## 

## 

|Refere|nce and|A|dminis|trative<br>details|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charity|name|||THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION —CITYOF|
|||||BRISTOL BRANCH|
|Other name the chari|||uses||
|R<br>istered charit||number||231638|
|Charity's|principal|address||38 Eastfield|
|||||Westbury-on-Trym|
|||||Bristol BS94BE|





|ame|s ofthe charity trust|s ofthe charity trust|ees who manage|the charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name||Office {ifany)|Dates acted <br>ear|ifnot for whole|Name ofperson {orbody) entitled<br>toappoint trustee<br>ifan||
||Geoffrey|Bridgman|Chairman|||||
||Anthony|Peters|Secretary|||||
||Pat Margetson||Treasurer|Appointed|15March|||
|||||2022||||
||John Langwade|||||||
||Edward|Bathe-||||||
||Taylor|||||||
|6|David Musgrove|||||||
|7||||||||
|8||||||||
|9||||||||
|10||||||||
|11||||||||
|12||||||||
|13||||||||
|14||||||||
|15||||||||
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|Description ofthe assets||
|held in this capacity||
|Name and objects ofthe||
|charity on whose behalf|the|
|assets are held and how|this|
|falls within the custodian||
|charity's objects||
|Details ofarrangements|for|
|safe custody and||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets||
|from the charity*s own||
|assets||



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