**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 11 2024 **To** 31 10 2025
**Charity name** Accessible Boating Association
**Other names charity is known by** ABA
**Registered charity number (if any)** 295034
|**ered charity number (if any)**|295034||
|---|---|---|
|**Charity's principal address**|46 Sydney Buildings||
||Bath||
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||**Postcode**|BA2 6DB|
## Reference and administration details
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5
6
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||John Ranson|Chair|||
||Steve Lavender|Vice-chair|||
||Annette Keith|Treasurer|||
||Cheryl Richards|Secretary|||
||Mildred Stocks|President|||
||David Jackson||||
||Brian Drew||||
||Gordon Keyte||8 March 2025||
|9|Derek Green||8 March 2025||
## Structure, governance and management
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution adopted 13 July 1986
Association How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected yearly at the annual general meeting
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The object of the Association is to relieve the disabled by the provision of boats for the use of handicapped people, on inland navigable waterways of Great Britain, and in particular on the Basingstoke Canal.
Summary of the main activities
March **2012**
**TAR**
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The boats are specially designed to provide easy access for the widest possible range of physical disability and to provide accommodation where practicable for able-bodied people who will be required to assist the handicapped person or persons, to obtain the maximum recreational value from the use of the boats.
undertaken for the public benefit required to assist the handicapped person or persons, to obtain the in relation to these objects maximum recreational value from the use of the boats. (include within this section the statutory declaration that One boat provides day trips on the canal for groups, crewed by ABA trustees have had regard to the volunteers. The other boat provides self-drive holidays on the canal from guidance issued by the Charity 3 days to a week. Commission on public benefit) In planning our activities for the year the trustees have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
We had another busy year and welcomed several new volunteers to the association. We had 47 boatmen of whom 28 were skippers, and several volunteers who helped behind the scenes.
The governance subcommittee continued to review our policies and procedures to ensure they adequately covered what we do.
We attended many small locally organised exhibitions to promote our activity.
Dawn had a total of 123 charter trips, 29 of which were made by Rushmoor Rotary. 12 Public trips were run. Madam Butterfly had a very good year with 13 bookings. The committee continued to look for ways to advertise the boat more widely.
## Financial review
A 'float' of around £30,000 is held in case of urgent maintenance or Brief statement of the charity’s repairs required by either of the boats. The remaining reserves are held policy on reserves towards the cost of replacing the boats in the longer term. Details of any funds materially in The funds are not in deficit. deficit
## 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)** Cheryl Richards
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 7 March 2026
March **2012**
**TAR**
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**Trustees' Annual Accounts** Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025
## **Contents**
- **3** Charity Information
- **4** Independent Examiner's Report
- **5** Income and Expenditure Account
- **6** Balance Sheet
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## **Charity Information Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
## **Trustees**
John Ranson, Chair
Brian Drew
Derek Green
David Jackson
Annette Keith
Gordon Keyte
Steve Lavender
Mildred Stocks
## **Registered Charity number**
295034
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## **Independent Examiner's Report**
## **Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
Report to the trustees on the accounts of Accessible Boating Association ("the Trust") for the year ended 31 October 2025
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination and I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
a) the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
b) the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
c) the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Fiona J Piper
## Common Goal Limited
Company Registration No: 06790727 Registered Office: 2 Wellesley Cottages, Wells Road, Bisley, GL6 7AF Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Practice Licence Number 13787
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## **Income and Expenditure Account**
## **Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
|**Accessible Boating Association**
**For the year ended 31 October 2025**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**NOTES**|**2025**|**2024**|
|**Income**||||
|Boat hire||23,412|19,439|
|Donations and fundraising||16,054|5,444|
|Gift Aid||590|816|
|Membership subscriptions||345|289|
|Interest income||3,781|4,228|
|Other income||485|197|
|**Total Income**||**44,666**|**30,412**|
|**Boat Expenditure**||||
|Boat repairs and maintenance||9,655|8,190|
|Boat mooring and service charges||1,757|1,833|
|Agency and commission charges||3,075|1,766|
|Membership / Licences||572|863|
|Boat insurance||1,460|1,967|
|Other Boat expenses||154|116|
|**Total Boat Expenditure**||**16,673**|**14,734**|
|**Administrative Expenditure**||||
|Crew Training||2,273|571|
|Management Insurance||944|913|
|Advertising & Publicity||587|111|
|Telephone & IT||287|254|
|Bank Fees||87|351|
|Uniform||-|193|
|**Total administrative expenses**||**4,178**|**2,394**|
|**Depreciation**||||
|Depreciation||3,041|3,928|
|**Total Expenditure**||**23,892**|**21,055**|
|**Excess of income over expenditure**||**20,775**|**9,357**|
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## **Balance Sheet**
## **Accessible Boating Association As at 31 October 2025**
|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|
|---|---|---|
|**NOTES**
**31 OCT 2025**
**31 OCT 2024**|||
|**Fixed Assets**|||
||**Tangible assets(boats)**||
|||**Madam Butterfly**|
|||Cost
95,368
95,368|
|||Accumulated depreciation
(95,368)
(92,327)|
|||**Net book value**
**-**
**3,041**
**Dawn**|
|||Cost
45,155
45,155|
|||Accumulated depreciation
(45,155)
(45,155)|
|||**Net book value**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Total Tangible assets (boats)**
**-**
**3,041**|
|**Total fixed assets**
**-**
**3,041**
**Current assets**|||
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Cash at bank
78,276
54,376||
||Cash at bank (New boat fund)
70,946
68,284||
||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**
**149,221**
**122,660**
**Other debtors**||
||Other Debtors (HMRC)
-
816||
|**Total current assets**
**149,221**
**123,475**
**Creditors: amounts falling due withinone year**|||
|Trade creditors
1,931
-|||
|**Net current assets (liabilities)**
**147,291**
**123,475**|||
|**Total assets less current liabilities**
**147,291**
**126,516**|||
|**Net assets**
**147,291**
**126,516**
**Accumulated funds**|||
|Opening Balance
126,516
117,159|||
|Current Year Earnings
20,775
9,357|||
|**Closing balance**
**147,291**
**126,516**|||
John Ranson Annette Keith
Registered Charity No 295034
Trustees' Annual Accounts
**Trustees' Annual Accounts** Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025
## **Contents**
- **3** Charity Information
- **4** Independent Examiner's Report
- **5** Income and Expenditure Account
- **6** Balance Sheet
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## **Charity Information Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
## **Trustees**
John Ranson, Chair
Brian Drew
Derek Green
David Jackson
Annette Keith
Gordon Keyte
Steve Lavender
Mildred Stocks
## **Registered Charity number**
295034
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## **Independent Examiner's Report**
## **Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
Report to the trustees on the accounts of Accessible Boating Association ("the Trust") for the year ended 31 October 2025
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination and I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
a) the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
b) the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
c) the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Fiona J Piper
## Common Goal Limited
Company Registration No: 06790727 Registered Office: 2 Wellesley Cottages, Wells Road, Bisley, GL6 7AF Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Practice Licence Number 13787
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## **Income and Expenditure Account**
## **Accessible Boating Association For the year ended 31 October 2025**
|**Accessible Boating Association**
**For the year ended 31 October 2025**||||
|---|---|---|---|
||**NOTES**|**2025**|**2024**|
|**Income**||||
|Boat hire||23,412|19,439|
|Donations and fundraising||16,054|5,444|
|Gift Aid||590|816|
|Membership subscriptions||345|289|
|Interest income||3,781|4,228|
|Other income||485|197|
|**Total Income**||**44,666**|**30,412**|
|**Boat Expenditure**||||
|Boat repairs and maintenance||9,655|8,190|
|Boat mooring and service charges||1,757|1,833|
|Agency and commission charges||3,075|1,766|
|Membership / Licences||572|863|
|Boat insurance||1,460|1,967|
|Other Boat expenses||154|116|
|**Total Boat Expenditure**||**16,673**|**14,734**|
|**Administrative Expenditure**||||
|Crew Training||2,273|571|
|Management Insurance||944|913|
|Advertising & Publicity||587|111|
|Telephone & IT||287|254|
|Bank Fees||87|351|
|Uniform||-|193|
|**Total administrative expenses**||**4,178**|**2,394**|
|**Depreciation**||||
|Depreciation||3,041|3,928|
|**Total Expenditure**||**23,892**|**21,055**|
|**Excess of income over expenditure**||**20,775**|**9,357**|
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## **Balance Sheet**
## **Accessible Boating Association As at 31 October 2025**
|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|**Balance Sheet**
**Accessible Boating Association**
**As at 31 October 2025**|
|---|---|---|
|**NOTES**
**31 OCT 2025**
**31 OCT 2024**|||
|**Fixed Assets**|||
||**Tangible assets(boats)**||
|||**Madam Butterfly**|
|||Cost
95,368
95,368|
|||Accumulated depreciation
(95,368)
(92,327)|
|||**Net book value**
**-**
**3,041**
**Dawn**|
|||Cost
45,155
45,155|
|||Accumulated depreciation
(45,155)
(45,155)|
|||**Net book value**
**-**
**-**|
|||**Total Tangible assets (boats)**
**-**
**3,041**|
|**Total fixed assets**
**-**
**3,041**
**Current assets**|||
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Cash at bank
78,276
54,376||
||Cash at bank (New boat fund)
70,946
68,284||
||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**
**149,221**
**122,660**
**Other debtors**||
||Other Debtors (HMRC)
-
816||
|**Total current assets**
**149,221**
**123,475**
**Creditors: amounts falling due withinone year**|||
|Trade creditors
1,931
-|||
|**Net current assets (liabilities)**
**147,291**
**123,475**|||
|**Total assets less current liabilities**
**147,291**
**126,516**|||
|**Net assets**
**147,291**
**126,516**
**Accumulated funds**|||
|Opening Balance
126,516
117,159|||
|Current Year Earnings
20,775
9,357|||
|**Closing balance**
**147,291**
**126,516**|||
John Ranson Annette Keith
Registered Charity No 295034
Trustees' Annual Accounts