The Rotary Club of Kendal Charitable Trust
Annual Report for year ended 30[th] June 2023
The Rotary Club of Kendal Charitable Trust is constituted by Deed of Trust dated 16 December 1963 and is a registered charity, No. 233184. Its address is c/o the current Treasurer, 12 Longmeadow Lane, Natland, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7QZ. The Charity Trustees during the year to June 30[th] 2023 were:
Chairman President Roger Downing, from July 1st 2022 Vice Chairman President Elect Allen Crossley from July 1st 2022 Secretary Past President Peter A Smith from July 1st 2022 Treasurer Past President Martin Jayne from July 1st 2022
Trustees who are the President, President Elect, Secretary and Treasurer are appointed annually by the members of the Rotary Club of Kendal at their Annual General Meeting, in accordance with the Trust Deed and serve with effect from July 1[st] annually.
The objects of the Charity are to provide funds for the relief of poverty and distress to individuals or organisations approved by the Council of the Rotary club of Kendal, and to provide funds for the advancement of education.
The Rotary Year 2022 - 23 was the year the Club welcomed members transferring from the Rotary Club of Kendal South Westmorland (KSW) which sadly came to an end in June 2022. New members brought with them welcome new initiatives pioneered by KSW and also two Wishing Wells. The increased activities such as the Swimathon and the open Golf Tournament reflected in an increase in the Charitable Trust’s funds.
Regrettably an earthquake in Turkey necessitated urgent street collections which allowed the Club to pay for ShelterBoxes to be sent immediately to the devastated areas. This was recognised by the ShelterBox Trust making the Club a Silver Partner Club. Trust funds were also substantially used to continue support for Ukrainian people both here and in that war torn land. The Schedule of significant expenditure attached to this report sets out where the Charitable Trust’s funds have been used both at home and abroad
The Club sponsored the Blues Music Event in Bowness during the year by continuing to use seed funds transferred from the former Rotary Club of Windermere who had run very successful similar events. This year’s Event, due to rigorous budgetary control, excellent local management and generous sponsorship resulted in significant profit which in large part was given to the Bendrigg Trust, a locally based charity giving disabled people from our region opportunities to develop in the open air.
The members of the Kendal Rotary Club donated generously and collected effectively which resulted in a good income stream. The Trust benefited from generous grants from District 1190 of Rotary GB&I and the KidsOut Trust. The Kendal Rotary Charitable Trust also wishes to acknowledge the generous sponsorship from James Cropper plc, Kendal Town Council and Solo Sports Brands for the highly successful young people’s Tech Tournament. Generous sponsorship was also very welcome in arranging the Golf Tournament which took place near the end of the financial year so the final outcome cannot be included in this year’s accounts. However a net profit of over £3000 is anticipated and in the main, this will be distributed to local charities.
The club lottery continues to generate a good income with produced a surplus of £1,387; more subscribers are always welcome.
The Cash Balance at the end of the year totalled £38,570.01 (2022: £35,149.92). Significant allocated funds are £10,525.68 reserved for the Nepal project, and £15,500 reserved for future Bowness Blues events, together with undistributed donations from the Golf Tournament.
There are no administrative expenses for the Charity and it will be seen that the Trust funds are used exclusively for Public Benefit.
Reserves policy. With no administrative expenses, it is considered necessary for the Trust only to hold reserves as indicated above
Major risks. At the present time, there are no major risks which need to be considered or mentioned and there have been no incidents needing report to the Charity Commission.
Rotary Club of Kendal Charitable Trust Expenditure and Income Summary Year ending June 30th 2023
Donations
| (Speaker = SD) Ukraine Relief River Kent Clean SD Great North Air Ambulance -- BBB Northwest Air Ambulance -- BBB Cumbria Deaf Assn SD Aquaboxes for Pakistan Kendal Debt Advice Centre SD SolarAid SD SolarAid error/adjustment to be made Bendrigg Canoe Appeal Bendrigg Trust -- BBB District 1190 for £1 for Polio The Kings Food Bank Kent Estuary Youth Group SD Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation RIP Ruth Otway Blackwell Sailing SD Shelterbox - Turkish/Syrian earthquake Mission Aviation Fellowship SD RSPB SD N Lancs CAB SD Sight Advice (member sponsor of Aquathon) Global Sight Solutions SD Footlights Lancaster SD Suicide Bereavement Support SD Prostate Cancer Support Gp SD Total Youth Activities Youth Competions Expenses Youth Tea Party Sandgate School Kids Out 2 events in year RYPEN candidates Technology Tournament DofE support for schools KKS, QKS The Lakes School - mannequin purchase Sports Awards Total Lottery Prizes |
sub totals 2650.00 50.00 £ 750.00 £ 750.00 £ 50.00 £ 450.00 £ 50.00 £ 50.00 £ 50.00 £ 2,000.00 £ 3,000.00 £ 534.00 £ 530.00 £ 50.00 £ 813.00 £ 562.50 £ 50.00 £ 4,720.00 £ 50.00 £ 50.00 £ 50.00 £ 150.00 £ 50.00 £ 50.00 £ 180.00 £ 50.00 £ |
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| 17,739.50 £ |
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| 435.81 £ 210.00 £ |
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| 3,000.00 £ |
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| 814.00 £ 912.35 £ 420.00 £ 200.00 £ 250.00 £ 6,242.16 £ |
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| 1,200.00 £ |
£ 2,044.88
Cost of Fundraising ,
eg Swimathon pool hire, calendar printing, college catering, bank charges
| Bowness Bay Blues Festival 22 | £ | 670.68 |
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| less Tickets/donations rec'd | £ | 700.00 |
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| net surplus | £ | 29.32 |
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| Bowness Bay Blues Festival 23 | £ | 12,501.86 |
£ | 13,172.54 |
| less tickets/donations rec'd | £ | 18,200.57 |
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| net surplus | £ | 5,698.71 |
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| Calendar Printing 2022 | £ | 508.00 |
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| less sales &sponsorship | £ | 1,409.50 |
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| net surplus | £ | 901.50 |
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| Total to balance sheet | £ | 40,399.08 |
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| Incoming funds |
| Incoming funds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gift Aid | £ | 2,533.75 |
| Bank Interest | £ | 150.36 |
| Building Society Interest | £ | 215.83 |
| Wishing Wells collections | £ | 406.08 |
| District 1190 grants received | £ | 1,600.00 |
| Turkish Earthquake Collections | £ | 3,895.91 |
| Hadrian's Wall Walk | £ | 345.00 |
| BBB22 event | £ | 700.00 |
| BBB23 event | £ | 18,200.57 |
| Tech Tournament | £ | 1,300.00 |
| KidzOut UK grant | £ | 1,200.00 |
| Golf AmAm 2023 | £ | 4,500.00 |
| Pound for Polio | £ | 407.00 |
| Swimathon | £ | 895.00 |
| Calendar sales & sponsorship | £ | 1,409.50 |
| Lottery subscriptions | £ | 2,587.00 |
| Ukraine Shoe boxes | £ | 107.10 |
| foundation lunch | £ | 900.00 |
| other aggregated donations & collections | £ | 2,466.07 |
| Total to balance sheet | £ | 43,819.17 |
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