## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2020 To 01/04/2021**
**Charity name: WILDERNESS TRUST**
## **Charity registration number: 1011511**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 Environmental protection and
of the charity as set out enhancement, education in
in its governing traditional crafts, arts, sustainable
document living, natural sciences and
heritage Promotion of the arts
Relief of suffering by inclusion of
marginalised people in communal
life and work and by providing a
place of temporary refuge or
respite
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and During 2020-2021 the Trust has
1.19
activities in relation to concentrated on the renovation of
those purposes for the two derelict buildings in Llanidloes
public benefit, in to use as a community hub.
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identified in the
accounts.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The Trustees have overseen the
whether the trustees work with regard to the guidance
have had regard to the of the Charity Commission
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **We have a good number of**
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Para 1.38 volunteers working on the
Contribution made by Llanidloes project. This has
volunteers involved regular working days
(Friday afternoons) set aside to
work with volunteers. Usually
every Friday we have an average
of 5 volunteers attending and also
Trustee volunteer input of 32hours
per week. Over the year we have
had around 1,000 of local
volunteer time and 1,660 hours of
Trustee volunteer time. Volunteer
hours were perhaps limited
because of the Covid-19 pandemic,
but will increase in future years.
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The work on the Trust’s Llanidloes
project has mainly involved capital
work renovating two derelict
Summary of the main building for community use.
Para 1.20
achievements of the Local volunteers have contributed
charity, identifying the significantly and we have a wide
difference the charity’s range of support in the local
work has made to the community.
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.
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The principal achievement during
this financial year has been the
Achievements against Para 1.41 inclusion of marginalised people
objectives set (as volunteers) and working
towards providing a centre
covering all aspects of the
charity’s aims.
The Trust has raised just under
£60k towards the renovation
Performance of works on its Llanidloes project, far
fundraising activities Para 1.41 exceeding what we had expected.
against objectives set
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N/A
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity is covering costs and
financial position at the working well within grant funds
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Small reserves are held to help
policy for holding with cash flow
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £8,179
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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Grants
The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
N/A
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
The main risk the Trust has is lack
of unreserved funds to service our
A description of the Para 1.46 running costs on the Llanidloes
principal risks facing the project, but we are managing.
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Trust deed
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Unincorporated
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 New trustees are sought as and
methods including details when required, focusing on local
of any constitutional trustees (in the future) and
provisions e.g. election to plugging skills gaps. All trustees
post or name of any are involved in the appointment of
person or body entitled a new trustee.
to appoint one or more
trustees
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N/A
We will be working on this in the
Policies and procedures 2021-2022 year.
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The Trust has seven trustees. We
do not as yet have a wider
The charity’s network.
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
N/A
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Wilderness Trust
Other name the charity N/A
uses
Registered charity 1011511
number
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Charity’s principal Brook House, Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8LY
address
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Frances Blockley Chair
2 Freya Blockley
3 Kevin Blockley Treasurer
4 Dave Darby
5 Ursula Freeman Secretary
6 Rosamond James
7 Amrit Sachar
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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Type of Name Address
adviser
Accounta Peter Geary 31 Church Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9
nt Chartered 5AD
Accountants
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Peter Geary
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Ursula Freeman **Full name(s)** Frances Blockley **Position (eg** Chair Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 22/01/2022
**Charity Name The Wilderness Trust**
**No (if any)**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **To** 4/1/2020 3/31/2021
**For the period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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bank rewards 2 - - 2
grants - 59,499 - 59,499
loans from trustee - 20,000 - 20,000
donations 180 - - 180
gas connection refund 566 - - 566
site rental - - - -
course fees - - - -
site enterance fees - - - -
- - -
- - - -
749 79,499 - 80,248
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 749 79,499 - 80,248
A3 Payments
bank fees 77 - - 77
Project costs - 83,124 - 83,124
Local giving fee 96 - - 96
Project expenditure 1,036 - - 1,036
Research and Planning fee 460 - - 460
Vehicle Tax 265 - - 265
Course Fees Refund - - - -
Accountancy Fees - - - -
Vehicle insurance - - - -
Food for open day - - - -
Entertainment costs - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 1,934 ] 83,124 - 85,058
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 1,934 83,124 - 85,058
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,185 - 3,625 - - 4,810
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 8,410 4,579 - 12,989
Cash funds this year end 7,225 954 - 8,179
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|cash in hand|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**38**
**-**
**-**
**38**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||Agreement Error|Agreement Error|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
||||**funds**|**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**|
|**charity’s own use**||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**|**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CC16a
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## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
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6
12,500
58
240
1,405
880
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15,089
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**15,089**
**79 5,013 96 584 2,000 265 225 360 202 124 200 - - 9,149**
**9,149 5,940 - - 5,940**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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