ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1/1/2021 TO 31/12/2021.
Administration details of the Trust. March 27[th] , 2022.
Charity name: The Baldwin Trust
Other names: Baldwin Boat Trust, Baldwin Charitable Trust
Registered number: 515488
Principal address: 15, Loughborough Road, Shepshed, Leics. LE12 9DL.
- Management Committee Officers:
Chair: Mr Mick Mcloughlin. Shepshed, Leicester. Appointed by principal Trustees. Secretary: Ms Catherine Johnson. Hathern Leics. Appointed by principal Trustees. Treasurer: Mr Martin Charles. South Croxton, Leics. Appointed by principal Trustees.
Principal Trustees.
Mr Jeremy Skipper, Burley, Rutland. Appointed by existing Trustees.
Mr Robert Madden. Broughton Astley, Leics. Appointed by existing Trustees. Mr Michael Mcloughlin. Shepshed, Leics. Appointed by existing Trustees.
Mr Martin Broughton. Leicester. Appointed by existing Trustees.
Mr Martin Charles. Appointed by existing Trustees. South Croxton. Leics.
Mr Richard Jayes. Barrow on Soar. Leics. Appointed by existing Trustees.
Mrs Ellen Reeve. Loughborough, Leics. Appointed by existing Trustees.
Organisational detail.
Governing document: Deed of Settlement dated 31/1/1983 amended 8/1/1984. Constituted as: A Charitable Trust.
Trustee selection: Appointment by existing Trustees, nomination by management officers.
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Other matters.
The Trust is required to maintain a minimum of three Trustees, a management team of 8-10 members with specific responsibilities and skills including training, crew allocations, boat maintenance, booking and scheduling, IT and web site upkeep. The Trust is a member of the NCBA (National Community Boat Association) and the NCVO. All volunteers undergo induction and crew training from the training officer. All skippers are required to hold a current certificate in Community boat management which must be renewed every 5 years. They must also hold current Emergency First Aid certificates. The crews operating the boats are all unpaid volunteers.
Objectives and activities.
The Trust deed asks for the provision of facilities for the recreation of patients dealing with physical, mental and economic disabilities to improve the conditions of their life and social circumstances and to ensure that they will benefit personally or reduce their isolation or exclusion. The deed also allows for the Trustees to extend the use of such facilities to organisations and/or families who would similarly benefit.
The Trust operates two 70 foot narrow boats on the rivers and canal systems of Leicestershire. Both boats are specifically built to accommodate wheelchair and disabled use. One boat operates from Leicester Marina in Thurmaston, the other from Pilling’s Lock Marina in Quorn, Leicestershire.
During 2021, with a reduced cruising season due to continued Covid-19 restrictions, the Trust achieved a total of 70 daily trips on both boats. Our beneficiaries have been a variety of care and residential homes, Dementia groups, local county council child protection units, ~~W~~ .I’s and Mother’s unions. Our new boat Halseyon Days was active, and repairs/refurbishment of Dandelion ensured that minimal breakdowns and mechanical failures occurred.
With an ever-ageing population and over 3.7 million old people living on their own (Age UK report), it is estimated that there are over 1 million persons in the UK who consider themselves “lonely”. A local study, completed by Dr P McNair at Leicester University, estimated that there were over 30,000 persons in Leicestershire, who were of pension age, who were lonely. We therefore believe that the need for our services will increase as council budgets become more difficult.
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We carried 750 clients on our boats this year and testimonials and postings on Facebook and our web site show testimony to the benefit we provide to the local communities.
Achievements and performance.
The advent of Coronavirus has had a continuing effect on the activities of the Trust. Community “lockdowns” and the need for many volunteers and clients to “shield” due to clinical vulnerability caused a delay in client trips recommencing until August 2021. The Management have been very successful in maintaining volunteer numbers from 43 to 70+ during the last 3 years and their continued loyalty has been maintained by use of zoom meetings and constant contact on email.
The Trust has further strengthened its working relationships with Voluntary Community Services, Charnwood Borough Council and Voluntary Action Leicester in a bid to improve the professionalism of Trustee performance, source new Trustees and train Funding group members in writing bid applications for funds. A major partnership with the Canal and River Trust has been developed whereby the Baldwin Trust boats will be used by the Canal and River Trust to market the benefits of increased use of the waterways system by local and city populations. This will continue throughout 2022 and beyond. These links are continuous, further involvement will take place through 2022 through means of a new social initiative.
Working with Charnwood Borough Council and Voluntary Action Leicester and Charnwood Neighbourhood Associations, we have been successful in creating a new initiative, “Project Waterside”, to offer those less fortunate members of our communities, FREE trips on our boats with community transport for the coming season. This is very important “post pandemic” as more in society suffer mental health issues, increased poverty, and homelessness. The very ethos of our Trust! This has taken a year of hard work by a dedicated team of volunteers to organise, ready for launch in March 2022. The help and support of all volunteers is particularly appreciated.
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Structure, governance and management.
During the period we also created new teams for developing the work of the Trust.
A new “Management /Team leader group” is being developed and additional members are being recruited to functional sections for training, boat maintenance, new boat development and funding.
This is fundamental to ensuring that the work of the Trust can continue and ensure that some degree of succession planning for Trustees has taken place in time. We have also formed new teams for dealing with boat festivals and Community events, media/press and PR to promote the work of the Trust. This has all been done utilising the talents of the wonderful group of volunteers supporting our Trust with some external professional help!
Without the commitment of the volunteers, none of this would have been possible.
The Trust has continued to recruit and train new volunteers to maintain our core of fit and capable crew and skippers. The recently increased press coverage regarding our new initiative, will encourage more new recruits to come forward.
Financial Review.
There was a deficit of income against expenditure during 2021. Expenditure was £49,155 and income was £45,853. Considering that client trips could not recommence before August 2021, the hard work of the funding team and local and county Covid support grants allowed the Trust to manage a balanced financial year.
“Restricted funds” for the purchase of a second new boat purchase have been created.
Our Reserves policy was confirmed at £40,000 for the foreseeable future. This figure has been calculated on the premise that should both operational boats be lost to our use for 1 year, this would be the approximate cost of providing commercially sourced craft to execute our client trips.
The above figures are taken from the 2021 accounts approved by our independent financial examiner/accountant.
M J Mcloughlin.
Chair of Trustees.
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THE BALDWIN TRUST- charfty no. 515488 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS - FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31* DECEMBER 2021 Unre51ricted funds Restricted hjnds Totol 2)21 Tolol 2020 RECEIPTS Grants and donations Fvndroising- bears and collection boxes Interest on deposits GIH aid tox reclaims Income from cruises Dandelion Halseyon Days Sonta trips Disposal ol proceeds- St Clore Relund of deposit on boat 18.649 .29) 38,899 165 43,873 168 2,284 4.153 4,153 121 19.5Q) Total r•c•lpts 65.742 PAYMENTS C05t5 associated wlh hjndioising advertising. marketing consultancy and Social medio Govemonce (independent examinalionl Committee meetings NCVA membership Insurance (employers liabillty) Insurance Ilrvstees liobilityl Insurance (public liobilifyl Troining courses ond certificates Adminislration. postage. slationery Office equipment Volunteer co-ordinator IT 5UPPOrt Telephones Clothing PPE Purchases Tfovel allowances Crew ollowonces Presentation and donation5 Boat mointenonce & relurbishmenl st Clore Dondelion Holseyon Doys Boat mooring, waler- woys licences ond insurance st Clare Dondelion Halseyon Days 5toroge shed rentol 644 9.852 10.760 46 318 336 334 256 318 336 334 256 336 231 270 938 470 701 495 701 495 2,5CQ 797 391 130 2,196 .247 616 524 146 41 2,537 853 812 41 257 2,196 1.247 1.980 6,254 909 12.5)5 421 21.S)5 421 1 1731 3.102 3.627 1 1731 3.102 3.627 540 860 2.916 3,122 540 Total paym•nts 31.401 17.754 49.155 35,066 Nel fecelpts/(payments) fof Ihe year Reconclllatlon Cash funds last year ond 15,7981 2,496 133)21 30.676 121. 9.963 131.771 101.095 Cash Ivnds thls year end 116.010 12.459 128.469 131.771 The ossels and liobililies statement on Fxjge 2 forms p(Yt of the repling FX]ckage.
THE BAlDN TRUST- chorfly no. 515488 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND IIABIUTIES AS AT 31* DECEMBER 2021 2020 CASH FUNDS Uoyds Petly cash Nolionwide- business instant sover 42.701 45,446 6Crt) 85.725 85.768 Combined unreshicted and restricted funds 128.469 131.771 ASSEfs RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY'S OWN USE Dandelion al twstees voluation Halseyon Days - al tnjstees valualion 56.5CX) i 35.1Y)J 49,OCK) 117.210 191.5(X) 166.210 Signed on behalf of the Injstees M J Mcloughlin 71h April 2022
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BAlDN TRUST I report to the Irustees on my examination of the accounts of the Bddvdn Trust (the Trust) for the ended 3151 December 2021 set out on pages l and 2 Rejponslbnmes and basls of rewt As the charity Irustees of the TrLJst you ore responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with Ihe requiremen15 of the Charities Acl 2011 Ilhe Act). I report in respect of my examination of Ihe TtU5t's accounts carried oul under Seclion 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying oul my examinalion I have followed all the 0COb}e Dwections given by the Chority Commission under Section 145{5){b) of the Act. Independenl examlner's slatemenl I have completed my examination_ I confvm that no motwiol matters have come to my attention in connection wélh the examinalion gi¥?ng me cause to befve that in any malerial respect". l. accounling reccyds Vre not kept in respect of the Tfustr 05 rec¥Jired by Section I of the Act: or 2. the accounts do not accord wilh those reccxds. I have no concem5 and have come across no olher matter5 in connection with the examtrH]tion to which omenlion shoutd be dr<Tr in Ihis rewt in order to enoble proper under5tonding of the accounts lo be reached. Signed: Meirion Thomas. FCA ICAEW 19 & 20 Boxter Gate Loughborough Leics LEI I ITG 71h April 2022
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BAlDN TrUST I report to the tnJstees on my examination of the accounts of the Balthvin Trusl Ilhe Twsll for Ihe ended 3151 December 2021 set oul on pages l and 2. Responslbllllles ond basls of report As the charity Irustees of Ihe Trusl you are responsible for the preparation of the occounls in accordonce wilh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Acl}. I report in respect of my examinalion of Ihe Twst's accounls COled out under Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my exominalion I have followed all the applicoble Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 14515llbl of Ihe Acl. Independent examlnw's statement I have compleled my exomination. I confim Ihat no malerial matters hove come lo my attention in conneclion with the examination giving me cause lo believe Ihal in any malerial respect: l. occounting records were not kept in respect otlhe Trust os required by Section I of the Act". or 2. the accounts do nol accord wth those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conneclion with the examination to which attention should be drown in th report in order lo enable proper UndetandIng of the account5 to be reached. Signed: Meirion Thomas. FCA ICAEW 19 & 20 Baxlef Gate Loughborough Leics LEI I ITG 71h April 2022