## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1st January 2019 21st December 2020 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 262866 **Charity's principal address** 37 Orchard Close The Disabled Photographers’ Society The DPS 262866 37 Orchard Close New Barn Longfield Kent **Postcode DA3 7JP** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
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year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Thomas Molloy Chairman
2 Martin Saych Treasurer
3 Paul Adams Secretary
4 Eddie Currall Membership
5 Meg Jordan
6 Gillian Birbeck
7 Marcia Carpenter
8 Bernard Hedderman
9 Agata Cholewa 21/08/2020 – 31/12/2020
10 Barry Lothian 21/08/2020 – 31/12/2020
11 Tim Goldsmith
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March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) Non incorporated company How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by trustees committee (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The objects of the Society are to promote the welfare of disabled persons by provision of cameras and other equipment suitably adapted to meet their individual needs to enable them to engage in and enjoy recreational **Summary of the objects of the** activity **charity set out in its governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 2 Advice given to wider public Provision of equipment to members of the society Various activities for the society membership Attendance at various events and shows to promote photography for the disabled. Assisting other charities with accessibility issues **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** Assisting other charities in the promotion of accessible venues and **public benefit in relation to** courses for disabled photographers **these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance A very difficult year due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the vulnerable **Summary of the main** nature of many of the charity trustees and volunteers. We did however **achievements of the charity** expand our ability to hold virtual meetings and talks via the internet, **during the year** which has proved popular and has continued. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** W **e** try to keep at least one year’s turnover in r **e** serve **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** n **o** ne **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: Principal source of funds has been the sale of **d** onated surplus p **h** otographic equipment plus this year a bequ **e** st from the estate of a m **e** mber. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Tho **m** as Molloy **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, C** hairman **etc) Date 1** 3/10/2021 March **2012** **TAR** 5 DISABLED PHOTOGRAPHERS SOCIETY [CHARITY NUMBER 262866] ## RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020 |**RECEIPTS**||**2020**||**2019**||**PAYMENTS**|**2020**||**2019**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Membership Subscriptions (Inc Donations)||1,808.78||1,740.00|Accomodation||697.02||1,811.56| |Donations - General||13,053.24||23,122.49|Administration||189.57||1,298.38| |Donations - Over £500||28,777.64||2,000.00|AGM||581.35||1,831.87| |Course Fees||-||-|DD and Bank Chargers (Inc Storage)||6,617.61||4,115.54| |Other||2,007.50||200.00|Distinction Panel||337.56||434.49| |Interest||13.49||295.45|DPS Exhibition||1,359.21||2,048.47| |Unknown||-||-|Equipment||1,005.30||1,122.80| |COIF Transfer||-||-|Newsletter||4,422.72||7,502.40| |||-||-|Other||-||-| ||||||Studio||-||-| ||||||The Photography Show (Show Costs)||417.84||586.41| ||||||Travel||613.17||942.27| |**SUB-TOTAL**||**45,660.65**||**27,357.94**|||16,241.35||21,694.19| |Excess Receipts over Payments|||||||29,419.30||5,663.75| |**TOTAL**|**£**|**45,660.65**
|**£**|**27,357.94**
|||**£45,660.65**|**£**|**27,357.94**
| ||||||||||| |BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER|||||||||| |||**2020**||**2019**|||||| |GENERAL FUND|||||||||| |Balance at start of year||25,564.67||19,900.92|||||| |Surplus for year||29,419.30||5,663.75|||||| |Deficit for year||-||-|||||| |REPRESENTED BY|||||||||| |Cash at CAF Bank||37,717.59||8,311.78|||||| |Cash at Lloyds Bank @ 31/5/15||219.32||219.32|||||| |Charities Official Investment Fund @ 31/12/2020||17,047.06||17,033.57|||||| |**Total**||**54,983.97**||**25,564.67**|||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** - **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The **D** isabled Photographers’ Society **On accounts for the year** 31[st] **D** ecember 2020 **Charity no** 262866 **ended (if any)** - **Set out on pages** 2 (remember to include th **e** page numbers of additional sheets) - I rep **o** rt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charit **y** (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/202 **0** . - **Responsibilities and** As th **e** charity's trustees, you are responsible for t **h** e preparation of the **basis of report** acco **u** nts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the **A** ct”). I rep **o** rt in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out unde **r** section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have **f** ollowed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission unde **r** section 145(5)(b) of the Act. - **Independent** [The **c** harity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to - **examiner's statement** unde **r** take the examination by being a qualified m **e** mber of [insert name of appli **c** able listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable_ _**.**_ I hav **e** completed my examination. I confirm that **n** o material matters have come to my attention in connection with the exam **i** nation (other than that discl **o** sed below *) which gives me cause to belie **v** e that in, any material respect:  the accounting records were not kept in ac **c** ordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accou **n** ting records; or  the accounts did not comply with the applic **a** ble requirements concerning the form and content of accoun **t** s set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 **o** ther than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent exa **m** ination. I h **a** ve no concerns and have come across no **o** ther matters in connection wi **t** h the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in or **d** er to enable a proper understanding of the **a** ccounts to be reached. * _Ple_ _**a** se delete the words in the brackets if they d_ _**o** not apply._ |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**|| |---|---| ||| **Oct 2018** 1 **IER** **(if any):** ## **Address:** 64 Woodland Drive Braunstone Town Leicester LE3 3EB ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . None **Oct 2018** 2 **IER**