Annual Report for reporting year 2023-24
The year dated to April 2024 saw another year with limited grants being sought and shared the community, still post Covid and the disruption this caused with local volunteer groups particularly, and despite our efforts to promote the Trust’s presence and purpose through traditional and social media, the local authorities and other charity groups.
Requests were varied such as a defibrillator for a local retirement home, support for Macmillan Cancer Support for their work in our area, The Ascot Project (supporting local outings for elderly people otherwise without access to such activites) and Youthline (supporting young people with personal challenges or crises). We also continued to provide the sporting excellence bursary for the local senior school, Charters School with three awards.
We also supported the excellent educational self-help initiative run across all of our 6 local primary schools by the Police Community Clubs of Great Britain.
Grants were also given to Cruse, East Berks CAB and the Ascot Shed organisation now established in the High Street and two local primary schools.
The balance of funds the charity holds is still very positive and we are actively seeking ways to further encourage new grant applications from organisations and, where appropriate, individuals within the wider Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale community.
Suzanne Bailey
ASCOT FIRE BRIGADE TRUST Income and Expenditure 2023124 Income 2022123 2023124 £37,800.00 £154.53 Rent Hyperion Tiles Interest Business Bonus Account. £37,827.42 Total Income £37,954.53 Grants St John's Ambulance 100661 Youthline 100662 Clarefield Court Defibrillator 100663 GB 100664 Sports Bursary- GethÈn 100665 Sports Bursary- Hayom 100666 Sports Bursary- Jasmine 100667 Ascot Project 100668 LLB Law Lease advice 100669 Ascot Shed Lnsurance CRUSE Thames Valley CAB East Berks Macmillan Cancer Ascot Heath Primary St Michael's Primary Uncleared Cancelled Cancelled £2,000.00 £1,260.00 £2,925.00 £1,000.00 £1,000.00 £1,000.00 £3,000.00 £886.01 100670 100671 100672 100673 100674 100675 £367.68 £500.00 £3,250.00 £1,000.00 £5,000.00 £1,562.00 £367.68 £500.00 £5,000.00 £5,867.68 total grants paidlcosts £24,750.69 total expenditure £35,013.98 total expend iture £24,750.69 £2,813.44 Excess incomelexpenditure £13,203.84 £130,124.06 Community Account Statement Balance £142,741.05 £12,676.87 Business Bonus Account -£6,000.00 less unpresented cheques Statement Balance £13,131.40 -£5,867.68 £136,800.93 £150,004.77 Balance at 31st March 2023 £136,800.93 £37,827.42 Income £35,013.98 Expenditure £37,954.53 £24,750.69 £2,813.44 Excess incomelexpenditure £13,203.84 £136,800.93 Balance at 31st March 2024 £150,004.77
Ascot Fire Brigade Trust Report of Independent Examiner I have examined the Accounts of Ascot Fire Brigade Trust for the year to 31, March 2024 and report that they are in accordance with the records and statements made available to me and explanations given. The reserves at the end of the year amount to £150,004.77 Robin 27, Jan 2026