Trustees. Annual Reoort for the period Period start date 1st Jan Period end date 31st Dec 2022 2022 From Section A . de Charity name,, Belfast Canoe Club Other names charity is known by Registered charity number {if any) NIC104803 Charity's principal address I do 75 Shandon Park Belfast Postcode BT5 6NY Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Office (if any) ear Name of person (or body) entitled toa oint trustee ifan Trustee name Andrew Smylie Malcolm Kerry Joe McGivern Anne Galway Lennie Totten Chairman Treasurer Secretary Child Protection Committee memberl Child Protection Committee member Committee member Committee member Appointed at AGM Damien Stafford Kate Hegarty Lisa Harbinson 27 Feb-31 Dec 27 Feb-31 Dec Appointed at AGM Appointed at AGM 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees} Name Dates acted if not for whole ear Feb 2019 TAR
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiation) e of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional infonnation) None '.Section'B Structure., ov.ernance nd mana Description of the charity's trusts Constitution Type of governing document j¥14. Ll Ubl LVllbllLUIIUI I J How the charity is constituted (eg. tru<,, Club Trustee selection methods Elected by members at AGM Additional governance issues (Optional information) The Club is affiliated to the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland which provides appropriate insurance cover for canoeing activities. All members are either individual members of CANI or Affiliated members of CANI. 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 neork with which the charity works., relationship with any related parties., trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Our base for water activities is at Meteor Waterski Club, Bresagh Road Lisburn j The objects of The Club are to promote the sport and recreation of Canoeing, particularly competitive canoeing, and the involvement of young people in the sport. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document TAR Feb 2019
The public benefits of the Club activities are opportunities for members of the public to participate in the sport and recreation of Canoeing, particularly competitive canoeing. and the involvement of young people in the sport. The benefits of this participation include improved skills, strength and conditioning, fitness, personal achievement and development and volunteering opportunities. These benefits can be derp,onstrated by achievement of recognised awards of British Canoeing, by participation ir, canoeing events in the United Kingdom and abroad, by improvements in fitness and skills of individuals demonstrated by perfomance of indiv.:duals including medal winning performances in competitions and progression through divisional systems towards elite level. These are rpcorded in our annual report, as well as in publicly available competition results, etc. The purposes of our charity may lead to the following harm: As with any sport there ia a small risk of injury This is minimised by use of experienced and ¢jualified coaches and aDpropriate risk assessment and mitigation. Tkie residual risk is Ouelghed by the benefits of participation in sport through improved skills and fitness levels and the proven health benefits of regular exercise The charitv's beneficiaries are those members of the public who choose to make use of the opportuniiies we offer to come canoeing with us, and those who join as members for longer term opportunities The only private benefit flowing from the purpose is to those who supply the equipment we have to buy and any facilities we have to pay to use, and this is incidental and necessary because without equipment and facilities we could not offer our activities. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the ststutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) Additional detsils of objectives and activities (Optional infomiation) The club's canoeing activities are wholly dependent on volunteer coaches and other volunteers who fulfil other roles and responsibilities You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about- policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. Feb 2019 TAR
séctio.n O Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year Regular twice weekly Club sessions at Lough Henney over the summer season were well attended with up to 25 paddlers on the water, and a separate group training regularly at Stranmillis. We also ran sessions on Lough Henney most weekends in winter, together with swimming pool sessions in Newtownards and paddling machine sessions on winter evenings. We added 18 'new' members (some had paddled with BCC in the past) and by the end of 2022 our membership had reached what is probably an all time high of 49 members. A high proportion of our recruitment has been female, and memoersryip is now 24 males and 25 females with all ages from 9-70+ Juniors numbers are lower than we would like with 5 boys and 4 girls. The priority for 2022 was training to improve safety and the number of qualified volunteers. 11 members completed Foundation safety and Rescue Training courses and 4 members qualified as instructors, so we now have 15 members with some formal certification. Meteor Waterski Club have given us partial use of their container store allowing all the equipment needed for club paddling to be stored on site. Our 2021 investments in the canoe rack and movable jetty were fully utilised. We have renewed our agreement with the ski club for 2023. Most of our activitiea have been at Lough Henney, but we did have one successful club trip to the Blackwater and paddlers also took part in several CANI Recreational paddles.we provided safety cover for 2 Cancer Focus swims and the Mourne Triathlon. We wish to thank CANI for the loan of competitive sprint racing boats for our junior Spi inters, and development racing boats and paddles for use by the Club in introducing people to the sport. A total of 20 club members paddled competitively in 2022. Gino Baban won the 200m k1 Irish Sprint Championships and was 2nd in the 500m.BCC was the only CANI club to organise a competitive racing event, and BCC members entered races at Belturbet, Malahide, Salmon Leap, Blessington and Lower Liffey races. Over the summer we welcomed guest racing paadlers from England and South Africa Afton Fitzhenry contifjues to train full-time with the British Team.. her 2022 team GB results included 6,: in C1 500m at Poznan Word Cup event, 4" in C2 500m semi-final at World Championships in Canada, and 6th in c2 500m final at the European Championships in Germany Lucian Baban represented Ireland in the Junior Sprint squad in Italy, and also reached K1 finals in the Romanian championships. Lucian's performan has been recognised by a Mary Peters Award. TAR Feb 2019
Se¢tionb E The Club policy is to retain enough cash resenie to meet the next year's projected outgoings. We again comply with this policy at the end of 2022 Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves Detalls of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional inforniation) In 2022, income was membership, event and pool session fees, and donations. Principal expenditure was on rental of facilities at Lough Henney, CANI affiliation fees (for liability insurance), equipment purchase, merchandise purchase, and room and pool rental. You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about.. 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 sectio.n G,:, The trustees declare that they nave approved the trustee• report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature{s} Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Malcolm Donald Kerry Treasurer Date 30110123 Feb 2019 TAR