River Thames Boat Project

Annual Report 2012-13

RIVER THAMES BOAT PROJECT Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013

Contents

Report of the Directors 1 Review of the Year 5 Statement of Public Benefit 13 Statement of Risk 15 Statement of Disability Policy 15 Clients 17 Donors 19 Accounts for 2012-2013 A1 Notes to the Accounts A5 Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts A9

Photographs by Robert Cope, John Frye, John Humphries and Miranda Jaggers

River Thames Boat Project Registered in England and Wales Company no: 3953201 Registered Office: 66 Hill Street Richmond Surrey TW9 1TW

Registered charity no. 1080281

020 8940 3509 [email protected] www.thamesboatproject.org

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Report of the Directors

The Company

The River Thames Boat Project is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee that is registered with the Charity Commission.

The objects of the charity are to provide facilities for boating on the Thames for the purpose of social welfare especially for older people, people with disabilities and young people, and for environmental education and for other charitable purposes.

The charity does this by running a converted Dutch barge, the Thames Venturer (Venturer), which takes out groups of people within the categories described above for voyages and activities on the Thames between Windsor and Putney, and provides environmental education on the boat and ashore.

Patron David Suchet CBE Honorary President Sir Peter Harrop KCB

The President may attend meetings of the Board but is not a member of the Board. Although no longer a director, Sir Peter Harrop continues to be actively involved. As well as representing the charity at local events, he gives invaluable guidance to the charity as a whole and particular support to the Friends of the River Thames Boat Project. We are very fortunate that we continue to benefit from his great experience.

The Board of Directors

The directors who served during the year were: Richard Robinson, re-elected 2011, Chairman to March 1st Paul Barry, Honorary Treasurer, re-elected 2010 David Bell, re-elected November 2009 Peter Low, re-elected 2009 Louise Sibley, re-elected 2010, Chairman from March 1st Byron Turner re-elected 2011 Keith Knox, Vice Chairman, re-elected 2011 Jane Newman, elected November 2010 Hilary Pickles, retired November 2012 Shaun Williams, resigned August 2012 Paul Boyd, elected November 2012 None received any remuneration from the company except for out-of-pocket expenses.

1 Chair of the Board of Trustees

After giving over six years of dedicated and hard-working service as Chairman of the charity, Richard Robinson retired from the role in March 2013. The Directors wish to thank Richard for his solid contribution during a period of steady growth. We are delighted to say that he has agreed to stay on the Board where we continue to benefit from his sound advice, stringent attention to detail and great good humour. His role as Chair has been taken by Louise Sibley, who has been a trustee since November 2008. Louise Sibley, the new Chair of Trustees. Officers and Staff

The company was well served during the year by:

Miranda Jaggers, Executive Director (full-time) Peter Oldham, Skipper (full-time) Judy Cope, Project Administrator (part-time) to August 2012 Anne-Marie Fothergill, Project Administrator (part-time) from October 2012

Also by Sally Woodward, Sessional Teacher, School on the River Sarah Fahy, Sessional Teacher, School on the River

And in a voluntary capacity: Wendy Moss, Company Secretary

Membership

The membership of the company was 109 at 31 March 2013. It is a condition of membership that members must contribute £1 if the company is wound up and has debts which cannot be met out of its assets.

Under the company’s Memorandum of Association, in the event of the winding up of the company any surplus assets would be distributed to another charitable body with similar objects and rules of distribution.

The Balance Sheet, which forms part of the accompanying Accounts, shows that at the end of the financial year there was a satisfactory surplus of assets.

2 Principal Activities

Our purpose is to provide educational, therapeutic and recreational cruises and activities on the Thames. We run two programmes that provide a choice of day and residential cruises for people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and older people. These are:

Accessing the Thames (ATT) This is our most popular programme, designed for people who have a physical and/or learning disability, suffer from a mental illness, or are elderly and/or frail. Although Thames Venturer is restricted by the terms of its licence to carrying twelve passengers while under way, this has proved to be particularly beneficial for these groups who often find it For the first time a group from Headley Court spent a day on the Venturer, just one of the 20 groups of disabled services’ difficult to cope when in large men and women the Lest We Forget Association booked groups of people. In 2012-13 onto our Accessing the Thames programme. we ran 83 ATT trips.

“Our group had a fabulous day and were talking about it for the next week! Your hospitality and help was great and hopefully we will see you next year.” Age UK.

Linking People Afloat (LPA) This programme, similar to ATT, is for isolated individuals who are not members of a support group. This programme is particularly valued by older people who live alone. We ran 3 LPA trips in 2012-13.

We also run two educational programmes, mainly for younger people. These are:

Living and Learning Afloat (LaLA) This programme is aimed at children and young people between the ages of 8 and 18 - including young carers who experience particular benefit from a break on Thames Venturer. We offer day trips, as well as residential voyages, with a strong emphasis on learning new skills. In 2012/13 we received a total of 9 bookings for LaLA cruises.

3 School on the River (SoR) This Key Stage 2 environmental education programme, designed for 8-10 year olds, is run at Lock and, because the boat is moored alongside, the Venturer can accommodate a class of up to 35 children, plus their teacher and helpers. Basing the course at Teddington enables us to demonstrate the differences between the fresh water river and the tidal estuary. The day includes, among other things, practical science experiments on board, visits to for a demonstration of how a lock works and visits to the nearby island to observe and explore the effects of the tides. Over 26 days, we delivered SoR to 854 children, staff and helpers and 60 students during 2012-13. More information about our future plans for this programme is given in Thanks to grants from the City Bridge Trust and the Review of the Year as we received a BAA Community Awards we are updating and grant from the BAA Community Awards expanding our environmental education. activities. and in December a 3-year grant from the City Bridge Trust, the City of Corporation’s Charity, to extend our environmental education programme.

The feedback we receive from these programmes is very positive. A selection of passenger comments from the 2012 season is included in the Report.

“The class really enjoyed the day and learned a lot. Many said it was their ‘best trip ever’. The visit really reinforced our topic of the Water / River and of the science topic “Solids, Liquids and Gases”. Thank you so much for the day.” School in .

Community presence As part of building community links and for fundraising purposes, we also take the boat to a series of local river-based events and festivals every year. During the year, as well as attending the , Kingston Regatta and Walton Heritage Day, additional opportunities were provided by the Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. We attended the Olympic torch flotilla, held open days during the Cycle Road Races and provided the boat to the Mayor of Kingston for a special beacon in celebration of the Jubilee.

4 Training We also devote several days a year to volunteer mates’ and crew training. This covers boat operations, health and safety, emergency drills, and disability awareness. In 2012 we ran 4 training days, including induction and safety training for new crew members and a special training day for the mates with the RNLI crew from Chiswick. Working in partnership with the RNLI on safety and Fund-earning Finally, we use evacuation training. Thames Venturer, when not on core client or community business, to help us earn funds in a manner which also fulfils the spirit of our charitable purpose. Venturer Photography is a linked enterprise run by volunteers which makes use of the boat on summer evenings to provide photography cruises for all-comers and helps earn extra funds for the charity. We also offer the boat for community hospitality events or meetings. In 2012 we ran 3 evening cruises and opened the boat for use by 2 local community groups.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

Operational Highlights

2012-13 was again an outstanding year in terms of programmes and activities, with our boat out on the river or providing educational activities during the week for almost the whole of the 2012 boating season, extending well into the autumn. Our key statistics are given on page 13-14 under the statement of public benefit.

New activities This year we tested two new outdoor learning programmes. The first was a set of pilot outreach Cubs working towards their programmes for 3rd Scout group, Environment Partnership Award. including a half day for Beavers for whom we designed a special set of activities to help develop their understanding of the river and water safety, and a day for Cubs enabling them to achieve their Environment Partnership

5 Award. We are currently building on this programme with the intention of growing our offering to young people such as these.

The second was risk assessment training for a group of finalists and postgraduate teachers from St Mary’s University College. Leading outdoor learning by a river presents many challenges, so Teddington provides an ideal setting for this course, which encourages new teachers to feel confident about preparing for lessons outside the classroom. The feedback was positive and we are hoping to build a new client group for this programme from other local universities. One of the students from last year’s training day is now a teacher and has already brought her class to Teddington for School on the River.

Measuring value Monitoring and evaluating client outcomes has been important for many years. We measure our work both anecdotally, through informal feedback and comments from clients and crew, and formally by asking clients to complete monitoring forms. This year we introduced a new approach to data collection among our vulnerable clients which has shown an outstanding result in demonstrating the real value of our service. Monitoring forms were sent to the group leaders of all 95 disabled, disadvantaged and elderly client groups, over half of which were returned and evaluated.

“Thames Boat trip has been the highlight for my clients and they talk about it to everyone they meet. The staff were very friendly, helpful and always at hand." Care home in Epsom.

Olympic fever In addition to our regular participation in several local community events along the riverbank, we held three events to wave the Olympic flag: an early, but highly enjoyable fundraising breakfast to watch the river procession of the Olympic Torch downstream on its final leg to the Olympic Park; and two open days as the cycling events swept over Kingston Bridge. Gloriana with the Olympic Torch passes Venturer on their way to the Olympic Park and the spectacular opening ceremony.

6 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee We are very pleased that the Venturer was chosen by the Mayor of Kingston Cllr. Mary Heathcote OBE to be the place for the Royal Borough of Kingston’s Beacon during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Thanks to her inspiration we believe the Venturer was the only boat to take an active part in this ancient The Mayor of Kingston and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey with the method of communicating beacon on board the Venturer. and linking communities across the nation.

Barge Dock As we ended the season, with works on the nearby housing development progressing rapidly, the time came for us to say goodbye to the barge dock which has housed the Venturer so comfortably and well for the past 18 years, and move to a temporary mooring a short distance downstream on Canbury Wharf.

The dock is being used partly for a pumping station to serve the heating needs of the new dwellings, using an innovative river water heat exchange technology, and there are plans for a riverside restaurant over the remainder. However, thanks to the generosity of the developers, NHP Leisure Developments, and with the support of the Royal Borough of Kingston planning department, we have secured, for the first time in our history, a home mooring for 20 years - on the outside of the dock - with a store and additional operational facilities which will make life easier for us. As of the publication of this Report, the Venturer has not yet moved, but we hope to take up our new home for the barge before too long.

A new name for the boat Finally, just at the end of our financial year, but at a very early beginning of the 2013 sailing season, we re-christened our boat with her new name Thames Venturer.

7 For many years, the Venturer has plied her trade up and down the river between Windsor and Gravesend going far beyond its originally envisioned territory and with a diverse range of client groups, some local, others from further afield. Entering the charity’s 25th year, your Directors felt the name Richmond Venturer no longer did justice to our true scope and, with a secure mooring in Kingston on the horizon, it was time to acknowledge our wider cruising ground and client base. Accordingly, the paperwork complete, our first clients of the year - Kingston Young Carers - conducted the rechristening ceremony on a sunny day in February, with the Mayor of Kingston, Cllr. Mary Heathcote, on hand to lend her support.

Before Kingston Young Carers set sale on our first cruise of the season, they and the Mayor of Kingston renamed our barge the Thames Venturer.

Improvements and Maintenance As with any boat of its size, all refits, improvements and maintenance to the Venturer have to be carefully planned and budgeted. This is an on-going process as items suffer normal wear and tear, standards and regulations change, and improvements and upgrades are constantly being made.

8 Under the supervision of Peter Oldham and trustee David Bell, a dedicated team of Boat Project volunteers worked through the winter and spring carrying out a variety of maintenance tasks. These included two gruelling weeks in freezing weather in dry dock for which the maintenance crew deserves a huge tribute. They are our unsung heroes – it is their work throughout the year which keeps the boat in safe, steady service, day after day during the Just some of our volunteers who braved the cold and wet sailing season. to paint the Venturer in dry dock.

Thanks to a generous donation from Kate Pearce’s family we were able to fit a bimini (awning) over the main deck. Her daughter, Jacqui Humphries, joined a party of children from Bedelsford School to cut the ribbon in remembrance of Kate, a dear friend and volunteer who is sadly missed.

Fundraising All of our cruises and programmes for our clients are heavily subsidised. In other words, a critical part of our charitable work is fundraising which allows the River Thames Boat Project to provide boating facilities at a fraction of the true cost of operation. Our clients pay about one quarter in fees and charges, the remaining cost is subsidised through grants, donations and our own fundraising work at events and elsewhere. Jacqui Humphries and children from Bedelsford Our major grant success came in School, Kingston officially opening the bimini. December when, thanks to the work of education trustee Jane Newman, Miranda Jaggers and Katy Sandford, the charity won a three-year grant worth £86,000 from the City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s Charity. This money is specifically directed at building our environmental education programme and has enabled us to recruit an education co-ordinator, Gemma

9 Hindi, who joined us in April 2013 to develop School on the River and introduce new education programmes for schools, young people and families.

Events, such as our Olympic Torch Breakfast, the Great River Race and a mid-summer party, generously organised and hosted by volunteer Elaine Russell at her riverside home, helped us raise in total £2,097. And special thanks also go to Michael McLaughlin and St Elizabeth’s Church, Richmond who kindly agreed that the proceeds of the Crypt Choral Society’s carol

Jos Thompson, Graham Jaggers, Hilary concert at the church should be split between the Pickles, Scot Pereira and David Bell Boat Project and St Elizabeth’s. rowing the Lillan in the Great River Race.

Our other great fundraising success led to fulfilling a key aim of the charity, which is to fully fund a client group or programme. Thanks to grants from Help a Capital Child and the Royal Borough of Kingston, and a very generous donation from the Kaye Pemberton Charitable Trust, we were able to fully fund all six Young Carers respite cruises in 2012-13. The children and young people took part in a wide range of activities that included steering the Venturer, visiting the construction site next to our mooring and taking part in a historic Kingston spotters’ trail.

A Living and Learning Afloat client

With our own fundraising in mind, we recruited a new trustee in November, Paul Boyd, to take charge of and re-launch the Friends scheme and build our group of loyal, engaged supporters who offer financial help to the charity through regular subscriptions. Paul and a Friends’ volunteer team have introduced a quarterly newsletter to keep the Friends up to date with the charity’s work and are expanding the scheme to include new subscription options and new activities. This has included the launch of a Corporate Friends programme in order to attract significant funders to the charity.

10 Staff, Directors, Volunteers and Friends

Special thanks are due to all our staff (listed on page 2) who serve the charity tirelessly and who often put in many hours beyond their remit to ensure that our clients and our volunteers are well served and supported. The nature of our work (with vulnerable people) and our locale (on the river) can mean many unexpected challenges arise during the course of the year. Our staff always rise to the occasion and deal with surprises professionally and seamlessly.

At the end of July we said a fond farewell to Project Administrator Judy Cope who retired after 7 years with the charity. Judy ran the office like clockwork, simultaneously managing our bookings, crew rosters, bookkeeping and website. Her past experience in IT helped guide us seamlessly through each hardware and software upgrade. She also went to great care in organising our annual crew supper and producing a fiendish quiz. A well-attended farewell party was held overlooking the river at the White Cross in Richmond. Sir Peter Harrop, President of the Boat Project, joined staff and Massive thanks are also due to all our 70 volunteers to wish Judy Cope a volunteers, including the 8 new ones we welcomed happy retirement. in 2012. They all give so generously of their time and skills and the charity simply could not function without them. They all do an amazing job in so many different ways - on board and ashore - as sailing and maintenance crew, as LPA hosts, events’ organisers and helpers, as caterers and fundraisers and, last but not least, in the office – particular thanks are due to those who stepped in to help bridge the interim gap after Judy’s departure.

At the AGM Hilary Pickles and Shaun Williams stood down as Directors and we are grateful to them both for their advice and guidance. Hilary has continued her long association with the Boat Project through being our lead on child and vulnerable adult protection and as a crew member; while Shaun left us to pursue his career as Director of Corporate Affairs at Leonard Volunteers at one of our Olympic open days Cheshire Disability. held in Kingston.

11 Finally, a great thank you to all our Friends who, along with our grant givers and other donors (listed on pages 19/20), offer their financial support to the charity through regular subscriptions, one-off donations, both in money and ‘in-kind’ gifts, and grants. If it is our volunteers who help make our activities happen, it is all these supporters who help make our programmes affordable. Many of our volunteers also belong to the Friends scheme so give doubly, of their time and effort and from their purses.

Future plans

Following the postponed motion at last year’s AGM, the Directors have decided to put a motion to the vote about the future direction of the charity. The charity is at an important crossroads and the directors face a decision about whether to build on our success to organise ourselves and our resources with a view to expanding the charity. Recognising the clear signal from Members last year that they wanted to be involved and Directors at one of their strategy meetings held in 2012-13. consulted on these matters, the Members have been sent a consultation paper which addresses the three options we see for our future, and will form the basis for a vote at the AGM.

In summary, these options are: 1) maintain our operations within their present scope and remit until such time as the Venturer has to be withdrawn from service; 2) fundraise with a view to replacing Venturer with a similar boat in due course 3) grow and modernise our boating facilities to match those offered by a national charity which has disability support and environmental education at its heart. This could mean, running alongside Thames Venturer, another dedicated boat - or boats - which provide the same protective and supportive environment AND engage the clients more in operational work, offer more activity potential for young people, and provide more self-help education and learning facilities supplementing the service our staff and crew offer.

Recognising that replacing Venturer or building a new boat to a contemporary specification means a step-change in our fundraising and, potentially, the way we

12 currently operate, the Directors are unanimously in support of the last option. They believe that, despite the inevitable financial and operational risks attached to a project of this scale, the charity is ready to embrace this challenge.

It is our 25th anniversary year, and our service and activities have proved their value time and again to our clients. Our financial position is still strong. Our organisation and resources are fully employed - we need more capacity to do more - and we have a great success story to our name. With therapeutic demands, environmental education and skills training for our young people at the heart of contemporary social needs, there is no better time than now to see if we can do more and be more.

The Thames Venturer approaching Richmond half tide lock.

Statement of public benefit

In considering the charity’s activities, the Directors have had due regard to the published guidance on public benefit. In line with our charitable aims, we run a variety of programmes and cruises for schools, socially excluded groups and provide transferable skills’ training for our volunteers. People of all ages benefit from our services and activities, including those who are vulnerable, isolated and disadvantaged

13 through having disabilities and/or mental health problems, frail older people, service personnel, carers, young people and school children.

We also offer a highly rewarding environment for local people who want to volunteer with us, particularly for those in retirement who benefit from this active and stimulating form of volunteering.

In 2012-13

We provided:  95 days on the river with cruises for 1,077 client users; of these 2 days were residential cruises  26 days on educational activities for 854 school children and young learners, accompanied by teachers and helpers, and 60 student teachers.

We held  4 crew training days for our volunteers  10 community open days and photography cruises for the general public  2 onboard events for the charity’s supporters  1 onshore Friends’ event making a total of 136 days and evenings use and 4,607 volunteer hours (including maintenance work).

In terms of clients, we welcomed 21 new client groups on board during the year, including 2 schools. Our client groups, who are listed in full on pages 17-18, came to us from 6 London Boroughs and 3 counties outside Greater London.

As well as formal monitoring and evaluation we received a large number of letters, cards and emails from our clients which give life to the raw statistics and whose words say more powerfully than we can how the work we do benefits them.

“I would just like to say how much everyone who went on the trips this year enjoyed and benefitted from them. All the crew and the volunteers were brilliant; they couldn’t do enough for you. They were all helpful, informative and extremely considerate which everyone appreciated greatly. I would like to thank everyone at the RTBP” Care home for children with physical and learning disabilities.

14 Statement on risk

The Directors conduct a periodic assessment of the risks to which the company is exposed. The likelihood and relative seriousness of the identified risks were reviewed in the course of the past year and several minor modifications made. It is the company’s policy to keep up to date its assessment of risks of many kinds and to adopt measures to mitigate or minimise identified risks to the greatest extent practicable.

Disability Discrimination Policy

The Directors pursue a policy of non-discrimination towards people with physical or learning disabilities or mental illness. People with disabilities are an important part of our clientele. The Thames Venturer was specially converted to make it possible for wheelchair users to have access to all passenger facilities on board, including the toilets and shower facilities. In addition we provide staff and volunteers with disability awareness training. So far as staff and volunteers are concerned, we readily employ without discrimination anyone who can perform the duties required in a safe and timely manner.

A pilot learning outside the classroom workshop for student teachers from St Mary’s University College, .

15 Financial Results

The details of our finances can be found in the accompanying Accounts on page A1.

There was a significant increase in receipts from our three main sources of funding during the year. Grants increased from £22,575 to £26,050, Fees and Charges moved ahead from £31,881 to £42,786 and Donations recorded the highest advance from £37,013 in 2012 to £60,597 in 2013. At the same time, expenditure was kept in check despite a major dry docking of Thames Venturer during the period. Consequently, we recorded a surplus for the year of £14,677, £10,000 of which was moved to reserves. The Balance Sheet records our cash position at the end of the financial year which remained healthy and we had adequate reserves to maintain the Venturer for the year ahead.

Policy on Reserves It is the policy of the Directors to maintain an adequate working balance to meet the cost of salaries, routine winter maintenance and other expenses during the winter months due to the seasonal nature of the charity’s work. Consequently a balance of £45,000 was necessary at the end of October to see us through the winter. This figure has increased slightly since last year by the rate of inflation. We were able to meet these requirements comfortably in October and will keep this figure under review.

Financial Audit With a turnover of £145,810 the company can claim exemption from audit under the special provisions of Section 477(2) of the Companies Act 2006. The statements required to be made by the Directors in such circumstances are attached to the Balance Sheet. Jon Blythe, a registered chartered accountant, has conducted an independent examination of the accounts and a copy of his Report is attached to the accounts.

Louise Sibley Chairman

21 October 2013

Signed with the approval of the Directors on their behalf

16 Clients 2012-13

Client Group, Home or School

Central and Cecil Housing Trust - Cecil Court - Carter House Residential Home - Homemead Teddington 3rd Hampton Cubs* Consensus Care - 82 Bear Road - 6 The Grove Abbeyfield - - Lee House - New Malden - Palmer House Access Project Age UK - Barnes Archdeacon Cambridge School Under the watchful eye of a lock keeper Bedelsford School a young client operates the lock gates. Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund Brinsworth House Chase Bridge School Chiswick Pier Trust* - Harriotts Lane - Hylton House Collis Primary School Corpus Christi Primary School* Crawley Ridge Junior School Friends and Neighbours (formerly Hickeys) Fullerton Court Gatton Junior School Greenpeace* Great River Race - Friends of RTBP Hampton Care Hampton Hill Beavers* Help a Neighbour in Distress (HANDS) - Housebound adults Hounslow MS Society Hounslow Young Carers* “Everyone appreciated the Integrated Neurological Services (INS) privilege of travelling the river Jubilee Beacon* in such style and hospitality. Kingston Centre for Independent Living* We value these trips and look Kingston Regatta forward to more“. Kingston Young Carers Landmark Choir Merchant Seamen’s War Latchmere School Memorial Society

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London Care Partnership - Lichfield Lane* Linking People Afloat Lest We Forget Association - Combat Stress - Haig Homes - Headley Court* - Care Ashore (formerly Merchant Seamen's War Memorial Society) - Queen Alexandra Hospital Home - Royal Air Force Association - Royal Alfred Seafarers Mais House – Royal British Legion Poppy Home Melody Court Mencap - 43a Hampton Road* National Community Boats Association meeting Olympic Breakfast - Friends of RTBP Olympic Open Day Orione Care Richmond Young Carers Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability Sacred Heart School Sail4Cancer * Southside Partnership - Ambleside Avenue - Hartfield House St Lawrence Junior School* St Mary's College* Stanley Primary School Star Road* Surrey Association for Visual Impairment (SAVI) T.R.E.E.S - 24 Northcroft Road, West Ewell - Ashcombe Court* - Birches Close* - Corbould Close* - Cedar Lodge (children) * - Children & Young Peoples' Group - Duckyl's Farm Centre* United Response - Hampton Road - Kneller Road - Curtis Road Venturer Photography Surrey Young Carers* Our Olympic open days included a variety of Walton Heritage Open Day children’s activities.

* New clients in 2012/2013

18 In-house use of Thames Venturer

- New Crew Training - Crew Training - Mates’ Training (RNLI) - Delivery - Maintenance - Pump Out - Trustee Strategy Meetings - Volunteer Interviews

“The value of a day like this for our patients cannot be underestimated within their overall recovery pathway. Socialising outside of Headley Court allows them to forget about their injuries and rehabilitation for a few hours and the benefits are enormous.” Defence Medical Rehabilitation Unit

Donors and Benefactors 2012 - 2013

Our work is made possible only by the generosity of the Boat Project’s numerous supporters. The Directors extend their grateful thanks to the many individual and anonymous donors, charitable trusts, companies and other organisations who have contributed through donations, grants and gifts in kind. The list of all those who have given so generously includes all our Friends and is too long to be fully given. We would particularly like to mention the following:

Barry Adams P.A. Clarkson Al Jazy Sal Offshore (In Memory of Jonathan Butler) David Anderson DBA - The Barge Association Angus Allnat Charitable Foundation Peter De Haan Apogee Corporation Giles Dimock BAA Community Awards Rosemary Doidge Peter Bailey Dyers' Company Charitable Trust Paul Barry Paul Edelin Jon Blythe Sarah Edmonds Lady Josephine Bonfield Emanuel Kaye Foundation John Bowen Hugh Evans Paul Boyd (In Memory of Jonathan Butler) Fran Buckley Duncan Faircloth Maureen Burnett Peter Finch Paul Bywaters Leigh Fincke C.H. Dixon Charitable Trust Mr & Mrs A Foster Perry Calwell Fothergill and Company Limited Jonathan Chapman Fullerton Court Michael Clark Bamber Gascoigne

19 Geoffrey & Joyce Gibbins Alan Powell Roger Goodier John Ray Derek Gowling Richmond Parish Lands Charity Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity George Robins Margaret Harrop Rotary Club of Sir Peter Harrop Rotary Club of Twickenham upon Thames Help a Capital Child Royal Borough of Yvonne Hewett Elaine Russell Historic Royal Palaces Nancy Safford Celia Hodges L.W. Sait & Sons Susannah Hughes Louise Sibley Jacqui Humphreys Noel Simmons Anthony Hutchinson Carolyn Smith John Kennett St. Elizabeth's Church (Carol Concert) Keith Knox Hubert & Susan Staples Mrs IFG Lambourne The Challenge London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Roderick Thirkell-White Peter Low Gillian Thorpe Basil Marcuson Bill Timmis J & R May Martha Tressler Patrick McHugh Turk Launches Tom Mersell Linda Varney Ann Millar Peter Walker Clive Mitchell Vivian Walker Wendy Moss Mary Weber NHP (Leisure Developments) Ltd Rosamund Webster Tony Nieper Westminster Passenger Boat Services Alison Oliver Philip & Anthea Wilkinson Ruby Oliver Shaun Williams John Ormsby Kay Williams Foundation John Palmer John & Marilyn Wood Jack Parker Worshipful Company of Actuaries Kaye Pemberton Charitable Trust Bill Wright Derek Plummer Angus Young JLF Ricketts Mark Zytynski

Young carer

20 A double benefit – twelve young people from The Challenge joined the Venturer at Teddington to meet a group of elderly people on a day cruise and learn about our work; later in the year they helped on board at Walton Heritage Day and then raised money for the Boat Project by organising a football competition.

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Statement of Financial Activities

Including Income and Expenditure Account For the Year Ending 31 March 2013 Unrestricted Restricted Total Notes Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2012-13 2011-12 £ £ £ £ Incoming Resources

Activities to further the charity's objects: Grants 26,050 26,050 1 & 2 22,575 Fees & Charges 42,786 42,786 31,881 Donations 60,097 500 60,597 2 & 3 37,013

Activities to generate funds : Fundraising Events 3,460 3,460 4 7,906 Sale of Goods 499 499 834 Venturer Photography 800 800 920

Investment income and interest : Bank Interest 1,198 1,198 368 HMRC Gift Aid Rebate 1 4,182 Donations in kind 10,420 10,420 1 15,776

Total Incoming Resources 119,260 26,550 145,810 121,455

Resources Expended

Salaries 71,783 18,894 90,677 90,423 Office Rent & Running Costs 5,012 1,319 6,331 8,453 Boat Repairs & Maintenance 4,222 4,850 9,072 6,843 Vessel & Equipment 601 737 1,338 445 Insurance 3,528 929 4,457 4,763 Cost of Goods Sold 215 215 518 Bank charges/Interest 35 35 35 Fundraising expenses 196 196 872 Legal Fees 4,528 1,192 5,720 240 Administration of the Company 272 71 343 484 Venturer Photography expenses 190 190 Depreciation 2,139 2,139 1 1,976

Expenditure in kind Mooring Fees 5,347 5,347 5,191 Office Rent 4,932 4,932 4,788 Computer Equipment & Software 105 105 1,226 Repairs and Maintenance 94 On Board Catering 31 Fuel 325 Venturer Photography 120 Administration of the Company 36 36 14

Total Resources Expended 103,141 27,992 131,133 126,841

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Unrestricted Restricted/ Total Notes Total Funds Designated Funds Funds Funds 2013 2012 £ £ £ £ Net Incoming Resources Transfer to designated 10,000 10,000 8 repair/replacement fund Net income for year 6,119 -1,442 4,677 -5,386 Gains (including revaluation of barge)/Losses

Net movement in funds 16,119 -1,442 14,677 -5,386

Total Funds 1 April 2012 192,382 65,959 258,341 263,727

Total Funds 31 March 2013 208,501 64,517 273,018 258,341

Sale4Cancer booked a weekend respite cruise for a group of children with cancer who brought with them a sibling or friend as their buddy.

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Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2013

2012-13 2011-12 Notes Tangible Fixed Assets

Dutch Barge 175,000 175,000 1 Plant and Machinery 0 810 Electronic Equipment 1,492 2,821 176,492 178,631

Current Assets

Stock 1,790 1,622 5 Debtors 15,523 6,493 Cash at Bank 31,026 33,524 Petty Cash 0 58 Cash on Deposit 60,000 60,000 108,339 101,697

Current Liabilities

Amounts falling due within one year 2,016 3,409 6 & 7 Deferred Income 9,797 18,578 6 11,813 21,987

Net Current assets 96,526 79,710

Total Assets less Current Liabilities 273,018 258,341

Represented By

General Fund 23,501 17,381 8 Revaluation Reserve 175,000 175,000 8

Restricted and Designated Funds

Kate Pearce Family 0 2,960 BAA Groundwork (Restricted) 1,517 0 Major Repairs and Replacement Fund (Designated) 73,000 63,000 8

273,018 258,341

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Directors’ Statements

“For the year ending 2013 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 (2) of the Companies Act 2006.”

“The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.”

“The directors acknowledge their responsibility for:

i. ensuring the company keeps accounting records which comply with Section 386; and

ii. preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year, and of its profit or loss for the financial year, in accordance with the requirements of Section 393, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act relating to accounts, so far as is applicable to the company.”

Louise Sibley 21 October 2013 Chair

Paul Barry 21 October 2013

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Notes to Accounts

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accounts are prepared on the historical cost basis of accounting, except for the revaluation of the Dutch Barge, Thames Venturer, and in accordance with applicable UK Accounting Standards and the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA), as required by the Charities Commission. a. Tangible Fixed Assets

Having received an independent valuation by a marine surveyor in the Financial Year which ended March 31, 2011, after due consideration the Directors concluded that the barge is worth not less than £175,000. There was no revaluation of Thames Venturer in the period to March 31, 2013. b. Depreciation

Office, IT and related equipment is depreciated at a rate of 33.3% per annum on a straight-line basis. In 2012/2013 no new equipment was added and depreciation of £2,139 was charged to the Profit & Loss Account. c. Capital Expenditure

Capital expenditure on the vessel is written off in the year of expenditure as the Barge is re-valued on a periodic basis. d. Grants

Grants where restrictions on use apply have been identified as restricted income on the SOFA together with the related expenditure. e. Donations in Kind

In order to properly reflect the number of donations given, donations in kind have been included. These items and services have been valued by the Directors at a sum of £10,420 and are recorded separately on the SOFA. Where appropriate, a contra entry has been shown on the expenditure statement.

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f. HMRC Gift Aid Rebate

This shows the value of tax rebated as a result of the receipt of gift aiding donations. The tax rebate is credited to the Accounts in the year in which it is received. In the year to March 31, 2013 HMRC required that we change the period of assessment from our financial year to the tax year.

This change resulted in a delay to the submission of our rebate application and no funds were received during the financial year to March 31, 2013. A sum of £ £3,927.51 was received subsequently and this will appear in the Statement of Financial Activities for the year to March 31, 2014.

2. Incoming Resources

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Funds Funds Funds Funds 2012-13 2011-12 £ £ £ £ Incoming Resources

Donations comprise:

Donations* 46,452 6,500 52,952 31,888 Friends Contributions 7,645 7,645 5,125

54,097 6,500 60,597 37,013

* Two exceptional donations totalling £26,000 were received from the Kaye Pemberton Charitable Trust.

Grants comprise:

Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation 1,000 BAA Community Awards ** 4,200 4,200 Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity 9,000 9,000 Help a Capital Child 3,000 3,000 8,000 London Borough of Richmond 4,000 4,000 4,000 National Community Boats Association Youth Leadership Programme 40 Richmond Parish Lands Charity 4,500 4,500 4,500 Royal Borough of Kingston 1,350 1,350 1,000 Thames Community Foundation 1,035 Waterways Trust 3,000

26,050 26,050 22,575

** By March 31st 2013 the BAA grant of £1,517 remained unspent; this has been transferred to reserves and will be spent on our School on the River programme in 2013-14.

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3. Restricted Donations

One of the donations from the Kaye Pemberton Charitable Trust was a restricted donation of £6,000 to cover the Charity’s legal fees regarding a Section 106 Agreement and Mooring Licence.

An anonymous donation of £500 was received for capital expenditure on Thames Venturer.

4. Fundraising Events 2012-13

Phil the Boat 757 Sale of Christmas cards 20 Kingston Regatta 160 Olympic Breakfast 583 St Andrew’s Pantomime 1,000 RTBP Friends Garden Party 656 Online Giving (Inc. Great River Race rowing sponsorship) 284

TOTAL 3,460

5. Stock 2013 2012 T-shirts & sweat shirts etc. at cost 1,790 1,622

6. Current Liabilities

Amounts falling due within one year 2013 2012 Loan (see below) 1,000 1,250 Creditors 994 1,767 Charge Card 22 392 Deferred Income 9,797 18,578

11,813 21,987

Deferred income represents payments received for services to be provided in the next financial year.

7. Loans 2013 2012 Balance at beginning of year 1,250 1,500 Repayments 250 250

Balance 1,000 1,250

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The loan was advanced by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to facilitate refurbishment of the Thames Venturer. The loan is interest free and repayable on demand. With the agreement of the Borough, the Directors are repaying the loan by instalments as cash flow permits.

8. Reserves 2013 2012 General Fund 23,501 17,381 Revaluation reserve 175,000 175,000 Restricted Funds re: Kate Pearce Family 0 2,960 BAA Community Awards 1,517 0 Designated Major Repairs and Replacement Fund 73,000 63,000

£273,018 £258,341 a. Revaluation Reserve

Starting in the financial year 2002, when Thames Venturer was re-valued, a Revaluation Reserve was created to record the increased asset value. Periodically the vessel is appraised for insurance purposes and the Revaluation Reserve is adjusted to reflect the changed figure. b. Designated Major Repairs and Replacement Fund

The Directors have authorised the setting aside of funds to meet major repairs, including periodic dry docking operations which are essential to the continuing operation of the Charity’s Dutch Barge, Thames Venturer and also to provide for a replacement boat when the time comes.

The crew preparing the Venturer to receive visitors to Walton Heritage Day.

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Independent Examiner’s Report (incorporating Audit Exemption Report) to the Members of the River Thames Boat Project

I report on the accounts of the Company (which is limited by guarantee with no Share Capital) for the year ended 31 March 2013, which are set out on pages A1 to A7.

Respective responsibilities of Directors and examiner The charity’s Directors are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s Directors consider that:  an audit is not required for this year under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011  an independent examination is needed.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to an audit under company law, it is my responsibility to:  examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011;  to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145 (5) (b) of the Charities Act 2011;  consider whether the accounting records are kept according to section 130 of the Charities Act 2011 ;  consider whether the accounting records comply in all material respects with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006;  consider whether the principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities have been met; and  state whether particular matters have come to my attention;

Basis of independent examiner’s report My examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Directors concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005), issued in March 2005, UK Accounting Standards and the Charities Act 2011 have not been met or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

J.D. Blythe FCA 206 Upper Richmond Road West, London SW14 8AH

21 October 2013

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“Our trip to Venturer exceeded our expectations. We will certainly be recommending a visit to other local groups too! Be prepared!”