## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2023 To 01/04/2024**
## **Charity name: WILDERNESS TRUST**
## **Charity registration number: 1011511**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Environmental protection and**
**enhancement, education in traditional**
**crafts, arts, sustainable 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
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During 2023-2024 the Trust has continued**
**its work on the renovation of two derelict**
**buildings in Llanidloes to use as a**
**community hub. £50,000 from Landfill**
**Disposal Tax Scheme enabled the**
**conversion of the garage range into**
**Community Workshops. Completion of**
**the Glasshouse and Garden shed**
**Trellises and ramp. Theatre completed to**
**a point where it could be used from April**
**2023. Work has started on an Office and**
**Volunteers room.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have overseen the work**
**with regard to the guidance of the Charity**
**Commission**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on grant making|||
|||**N/A**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment|||
|including program related|||
|investment|||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have an excellent team of volunteers -**
**over 110 - and were able to appoint a**
**volunteer manager in November to help**
**with some of the volunteer programmes**
**and make sure we are creating better**
**connections, better ways of working and**
**making the best of the very varied skills**
**represented. Two grants enables this**
**post, McCarthy-Stone Foundation (£3000)**
**and National Lottery Awards For All**
**(£5000)**|
|---|---|---|
|Other||**Staff - At the end of the year we have**
**ATheatre Manager (10 hrs/wk) funded by**
**Ashley Family Foundation**
**A Volunteer Manager (8 hrs/wk) funded as**
**above**
**A Young Persons Officer (8 hrs/wk)**
**funded by Community Foundation Wales**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20||**The Theatre**
**has proved enormously**
**successful, with gigs and performances**
**taking place most weekends and many**
**events taking place in between, including**
**a wedding, several wakes, talks and**
**lectures, children and adult film clubs,**
**yoga and dance, Open Mike nights, public**
**meetings and private events. Local**
**volunteers have contributed significantly**
**and we have a wide range of support in**
**the local community. The bar team has**
**done amazing work, generating profit for**
**the Trust expenses.**
**Hay Meadows Festival**
**- The festival was**
**run for a second year on New Chapel Hill.**
**More than 300 attended - and groups of**
**schoolchildren benefitted from teaching**
**in the meadows in the preceding week.**
**Activities included scythe teams**
**demonstrating and allowing new**
**participants, working horses collecting**
**the hay, machinery demonstrations and**
**of land based projects locally, food and**
**drink stalls, child and adult activities**
**including, archery, hay doll making and**
**bushcraft skills. the whole site was**
**erected and bunting was made by**
**volunteers.**
**Apple Project**
**- Community Apple**
**pressing and processing were completed**
**in Llanidloes, Llandinam, Llangurig and**
**Elm Horticultural Site.**
**The Cafe**
**- Although challenging as it has**
**proved impossible to make a profit in its**
**current format, a change in March 2024**
**will hopefully reverse the situation.**|
**Soup-er -sundays run throughout the winter months by volunteers offer free soup and bread & are well attended and are supported by activities like art groups, board games and live music. The cafe provides a meeting space for many groups, including Singing for Health, French Conversation, Friday Friends, Celf Able, Volunteer days, Sewing Group, Board Games Group. There are also impromptu events - seed sharing, live music, Punch & Judy. The Community Fridge has continued to pick up food from supermarkets daily for use of the local community from our fridges.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||**The principal achievement during this**
**financial year has been the inclusion of**
**marginalised people (as volunteers) and**
**working towards providing a centre**
**covering all aspects of the charity’s aims.**
**We are also working in partnership with**
**Zero Carbon Llanidloes, Cultivate, Powys**
**Food Group, Carad, Llidiartywaen**
**Community Hall, Llanidloes Swift Group,**
**The Meadow Makers Group, Compton**
**Yard Trust, National Gardens Scheme,**
**Social Farms and Gardens, Llais y**
**Goedwig, and Powys Nature Partnerships **|
|---|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||**The Trust has raised over £33k**
**towards the various projects, far**
**exceeding what we had expected and**
**£75k towards renovation of the buildings.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||**N/A**|
|Other|||**Focus for 2024-**
**Start work on Presbyterian Chapel**
**(Llanidloes) to convert into an indoor**
**market.**
**Set up working party and bushcraft**
**groups for young people on the Trusts**
**New Capel site.**
**Begin a programme based around the**
**new workshops.**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|**The charity is covering costs and working**
**well within grant funds**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|**Small reserves are held to help with cash**
**flow**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2,669**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Grants**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The main risk the Trust has is lack of**
**unreserved funds to service our running**
**costs on the Llanidloes project, but we**
**are managing.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New trustees are sought as and when**
**required, focusing on local trustees (in**
**the future) and plugging skills gaps. All**
**trustees are involved in the appointment**
**of a new trustee.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**
**We will be working on this in the**
**2024-2025 year.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Trust has five trustees. We do not as**
**yet have a wider network but are looking**
**to expand this year.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Wilderness Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1011511|
|Charity’s principal address|Brook House, Clun, Shropshire, SY7 8LY|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Dates acted if not for whole**
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**year**
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||Frances Blockley|Chair||
||Janet Crisp|Secretary||
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||Ursula Freeman|||
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
||**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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||**Accountant**|Peter Geary
Chartered
Accountants|31 Church Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AD|
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||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)** las Feoman (ey ule Ursula Freeman **Full name(s)** Frances Blockley es **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Secretary **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 22/01/2022 OT
**Unaudited Financial Statements** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
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## **Contents**
- 3 Directory
- 4 Client Approval
- 5 Independent Examiners Report
- 6 Income and Expenditure Account
- 8 Balance Sheet
- 10 Notes to the Financial Statements 11 Depreciation Schedule
- 12 Grants Transactions
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## **Directory** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Charity Number**
Charity Number : 1011511
## **Address**
Old Chapel Farm, Tylwch, Llanidloes, Powys. SY18 6JR
## **Accounts Prepared by**
Bella Jones Penybanc Holdings Partnership. Penybanc Farm, Ty Llo, Dolwen, Powys, SY18 6LH
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## **Client Approval**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
In accordance with the engagement letter, I approve the financial information which comprises the Income & Expenditure account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. I acknowledge my responsibility for the financial information, including the appropriateness of the applicable financial reporting framework as set out in the notes, and for providing Bella Jones with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.
Fran Blockley On behalf of Wilderness Trust 31st January 2025
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## **Independent Examiners Report**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 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. 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:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records; or
- 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signature.........................................
Janet J Pughe, Hafodygeddlyn, Llangurig, Powys.
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## **Income and Expenditure Account** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
||||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income**|||||
|Donations|||1467|4051|
|Grants|||108846|144645|
|Grants spent on Fixed Assets|||(75463)|(58034)|
|Interest Income|||9|16|
|Other Revenue|||24219|0|
|Room Hire Income|||60|140|
|**Total Turnover**|||**59138**|**90818**|
|**Cost of Sales**|||||
|Direct Expenses|||0|123|
|**Total Cost of Sales**|||**0**|**123**|
|**Expenditure**|||||
|Advertising & Marketing|||0|4048|
|Audit & Accountancy fees|||17|3307|
|Bank Fees|||161|210|
|Capital Equipment|||2552|0|
|Charitable and Political Donations|||0|1500|
|Cleaning & Refuse|||1967|1194|
|Computer Equipment Expenses|||51|50|
|Consulting|||2658|0|
|Depreciation Expense|||20720|11537|
|Employers National Insurance|||0|2539|
|Event Catering|||0|729|
|Event costs|||953|2026|
|Fixed Asset Grant Amortisation|||(13468)|(9414)|
|General Expenses|||155|0|
|Hanging Garden Expenses|||1904|2851|
|Insurance|||859|1343|
|Interest Paid|||(20)|0|
|IT Software and Consumables|||99|261|
|Licences|||479|0|
|Light, Power, Heating|||7729|4586|
|Motor Vehicle Expenses|||987|0|
|Office Admin|||3575|2080|
|Pensions Costs|||22|0|
|Printing & Stationery|||353|1216|
|Professional Fees|||1298|0|
|Rates|||417|0|
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|Rent|0|240|
|---|---|---|
|Repairs & Maintenance|9080|3002|
|Salaries|5585|37786|
|Speakers, Tutors and Performers|7669|7585|
|Subscriptions|346|240|
|Telephone & Internet|444|65|
|Tools|0|1827|
|Travel - National|0|760|
|Volunteer Expenses|482|3305|
|Website|0|925|
|Workshop & Class Expenses|1888|7291|
|Total Expenditure|58960|93088|
|**SURPLUS (DEFICEIT)**|**178**|**(2393)**|
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## **Balance sheet**
## Wilderness Trust As of 31st March 2024
||||
|---|---|---|
|**Account**||**31 Mar 2024**
**31 Mar 2023**|
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|**Fixed Assets**|||
||**Tangible Assets**||
||Buildings|(31)
0|
||Computer Equipment|1155
1155|
||Equipment|17344
16985|
||Leasehold Improvements|101724
81384|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Computer Equipment|(480)
(249)|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Equipment|(7272)
(3851)|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Leasehold Improvements|(32401)
(15333)|
||**Total Tangible Assets**|**80038**
**80091**|
|**Total Fixed Assets**||**80038**
**80091**|
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|**Current Assets**|||
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Barclaycard|1541
0|
||Wilderness Trust Current Account|34315
11122|
||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**35856**
**11122**|
||Accounts Receivable|0
10000|
|**Total Current Assets**||**35856**
**21122**|
||||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
||Accounts Payable|2996
4229|
||Accruals|46
3007|
||Barclaycard|0
575|
||PAYE Payable|(207)
3496|
||Rounding|(0)
0|
||Trustees' Loan Account|1884
11884|
||Wages Payable - Payroll|(2597)
3192|
|**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||**2122**
**26384**|
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||**Net Current Assets (Liabilities)**|**33734**
**(5262)**|
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||**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**|**113772**
**74829**|
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|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**|||
||Grant Income spent on Fixed Assets|112947
73645|
||Wilderness Trust Ltd Loan Account|(1844)
(1443)|
|**Total Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**||**111103**
**72202**|
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||**Net Assets**|**2669**
**2627**|
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|**Capital and Reserves**|**Capital and Reserves**||
|---|---|---|
||Ashley Family Foundation Restricted Fund|10000
10000|
||ATSAIN|1855
1855|
||Community Facilities Grant|(673)
(823)|
||Connected Communities|2228
2228|
||CRF|(2153)
(2863)|
||Crowd Funder|3071
3071|
||Current Year Earnings|(2822)
(2393)|
||Current Year Earnings Allocation - Restricted Funds|(3208)
(4208)|
||Doyle Carte Grant|(2240)
(2240)|
||Dulverton Trust Restricted Fund|(3821)
(4921)|
||Dulverton Trust Restricted Fund - Brought forward|4921
5231|
||Foyle Foundation Restricted Fund|(1085)
(2097)|
||Foyle Foundation Restricted Fund - Brought forward|2077
2077|
||FSF|3
3|
||Garfield Weston|(325)
(364)|
||Hubbub Eat Your Pumpkin|338
338|
||Jubilee Fund|(897)
(937)|
||Kew Gardens Grow Wild|(107)
(107)|
||Local Places For Nature|(71)
(71)|
||PAVO|82
82|
||PCC Souper Sunday|443
847|
||Postcode Community Trust Restricted Fund|(18)
(64)|
||Postcode Community Trust Restricted Fund - Brought forward|(17)
64|
||Powys Welsh Church Acts|(364)
(364)|
||Unrestricted Funds - Brought forward|(7224)
(4832)|
||Volunteering Wales|633
633|
||Winter Pressures Fund Restricted Fund - Brought forward|2041
2480|
|**Total Capital and Reserves**||**2669**
**2627**|
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Accounting Policies**
## **BASIS OF PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
The financial statements have been compiled on a basis which enables profits to be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice and which provides sufficient and relevant information to enable the completion of a tax return.
## **TURNOVER**
Turnover comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company, net of Value Added Tax and trade discounts.
## **TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Depreciation is provided, at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
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## **Depreciation Schedule** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
|**Name**|||**Cost **|**Opening**|**Value **|**Purchases **|**Disposals**|**Depreciation**|**Closing Value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Computer Equipment**||||||||||
|Epson Ecotank Printer|||320||213|0|0|64|149|
|HP COMPAQ ELITE COMPUTER|||236||153|0|0|47|106|
|Lenovo Thinkpad T480S 14-inch (2017) - Core i7-8650U - 16GB|||599||539|0|0|120|419|
|**Total Computer Equipment**|||**1155**||**906**|**0**|**0**|**231**|**675**|
|**Equipment**||||||||||
|40X CHAIRS|||1200||780|0|0|240|540|
|4X (6X2) WOODEN TRESSLE TABLES|||450||285|0|0|90|195|
|6' x 2'6" Trestle Table|||124||112|0|0|25|87|
|ALDORR Ladder for swift project|||359||0|359|0|24|335|
|ANTIQUE APOTHECARY DRAWERS|||1481||938|0|0|296|642|
|Arbour Press + Equipment|||3338||3171|0|0|668|2504|
|Beecosystem - 297425305|||2338||1481|0|0|468|1013|
|Briquette Maker|||159||140|0|0|32|109|
|FALCON G2151OT 6 BURNER RANGE|||1076||664|0|0|215|449|
|Makita 18V 7 Piece Cordless Tool Kit 3 x 5.0Ah Batteries & Charg|||875||773|0|0|175|598|
|MAKITA DHP482RTJ-1 18v COMBI HAMMER DRILL WITH 1 x 5|||191||162|0|0|38|124|
|Stacking Chairs|||800||787|0|0|160|627|
|Stainless Kitchen units|||1686||1012|0|0|337|674|
|Trestle Tables x3|||40||39|0|0|8|31|
|Trestle Tables x3|||516||507|0|0|103|404|
|Trestle Tables x3|||362||350|0|0|72|277|
|UPRIGHT DISPLAY FREEZER|||722||469|0|0|144|325|
|Various Equipment for hanging Gardens|||1627||1464|0|0|325|1139|
|**Total Equipment**|||**17344**||**13134**|**359**|**0**|**3421**|**10072**|
|**Leasehold Improvements**||||||||||
|Hanging Gardens Improvements (Local Places) 2022/23|||8058||7521|0|0|1612|5909|
|Hanging Gardens Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||3261||3152|0|0|652|2500|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (BWF) 2022/23|||1000||983|0|0|200|783|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Community Facilities)|||22774||22395|0|0|4555|17840|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (FSF) 2022/23|||500||492|0|0|100|392|
|Leasehold property Improvements (FSF) 22/23|||238||202|0|0|48|155|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Hafren Dyfrdwy) 2022/23|||6214||5696|0|0|1243|4453|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Local Places) 2022/23|||628||575|0|0|126|450|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Magic Little) 2022/23|||500||492|0|0|100|392|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||618||567|0|0|124|443|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||614||593|0|0|123|470|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Powys Welsh Church) 2022/2|||5000||4083|0|0|1000|3083|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (unreserved) 22/23|||561||449|0|0|112|337|
|Leasehold Property Improvements 2023/2024|||47474||0|47474|0|9495|37979|
|Leasehold Property improvements 21/22|||31419||18852|0|0|6284|12568|
|**Total Leasehold Improvements**|||**128859**||**66051**|**47474**|**0**|**25772**|**87754**|
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**147357**||**80091**|**47833**|**0**|**29424**|**98500**|
## **Grants Transactions**
## **Wilderness Trust For the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024**
|**Date**|**Description**||
|---|---|---|
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|03 Apr 2023|Powys County Council - Additional £1K towards Cost of Living Crisis|1000|
|21 Apr 2023|Garfield Weston - GARFIELD WESTON FO GARFIELD WESTON BGC - Contribution to Core Costs|10000|
|24 Apr 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £10K instalment of Sustainable Futures Grant|10000|
|29 Apr 2023|WCVA - Landfills Disposal Tax Communities Scheme Grant instalment|39999|
|04 May 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £5K instalment Powys Welsh Church Act|5000|
|04 May 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £1500 Montgomery District Trust Fund|1500|
|10 May 2023|Kew Gardens Grow Wild - Kew Gardens Grow Wild £500|500|
|06 Jun 2023|Ashley Family Foundation - ASHLEY FAMILY FOUN AFF GRANT BGC|1000|
|25 Jul 2023|Local Giving|500|
|29 Jul 2023|WCVA - Catalyst Cymru £1k 2023|1000|
|05 Oct 2023|National Lottery Core Costs - National Lottery Core Costs|9900|
|13 Oct 2023|WCVA - Grant Repayment|(12292)|
|26 Oct 2023|McCarthy and Stone|3000|
|03 Nov 2023|Anthem Music Fund - Remaining 25% grant funding for ATSAIN project|1086|
|04 Jan 2024|M Davies - DAVIES M CHARITY MG30 Wilderness T BGC|5000|
|12 Jan 2024|Cultivate - Chapel Entrance grant|1000|
|13 Jan 2024|PAVO - Connected Communities|2500|
|19 Jan 2024|Powys County Council - First arrears deposit for grant|8152|
|24 Jan 2024|Moondance Foundation - Moondance foundation Grant payment January 2024|10000|
|21 Mar 2024|Community Foundation Wales - Ashley family 2024|10000|
|**Total Grants**||**108846**|
|**Total**||**108846**|
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**Unaudited Financial Statements** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
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## **Contents**
- 3 Directory
- 4 Client Approval
- 5 Independent Examiners Report
- 6 Income and Expenditure Account
- 8 Balance Sheet
- 10 Notes to the Financial Statements 11 Depreciation Schedule
- 12 Grants Transactions
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## **Directory** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Charity Number**
Charity Number : 1011511
## **Address**
Old Chapel Farm, Tylwch, Llanidloes, Powys. SY18 6JR
## **Accounts Prepared by**
Bella Jones Penybanc Holdings Partnership. Penybanc Farm, Ty Llo, Dolwen, Powys, SY18 6LH
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## **Client Approval**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
In accordance with the engagement letter, I approve the financial information which comprises the Income & Expenditure account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes. I acknowledge my responsibility for the financial information, including the appropriateness of the applicable financial reporting framework as set out in the notes, and for providing Bella Jones with all information and explanations necessary for their compilation.
Fran Blockley On behalf of Wilderness Trust 31st January 2025
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## **Independent Examiners Report**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 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. 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:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records; or
- 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signature.........................................
Janet J Pughe, Hafodygeddlyn, Llangurig, Powys.
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## **Income and Expenditure Account** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
||||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income**|||||
|Donations|||1467|4051|
|Grants|||108846|144645|
|Grants spent on Fixed Assets|||(75463)|(58034)|
|Interest Income|||9|16|
|Other Revenue|||24219|0|
|Room Hire Income|||60|140|
|**Total Turnover**|||**59138**|**90818**|
|**Cost of Sales**|||||
|Direct Expenses|||0|123|
|**Total Cost of Sales**|||**0**|**123**|
|**Expenditure**|||||
|Advertising & Marketing|||0|4048|
|Audit & Accountancy fees|||17|3307|
|Bank Fees|||161|210|
|Capital Equipment|||2552|0|
|Charitable and Political Donations|||0|1500|
|Cleaning & Refuse|||1967|1194|
|Computer Equipment Expenses|||51|50|
|Consulting|||2658|0|
|Depreciation Expense|||20720|11537|
|Employers National Insurance|||0|2539|
|Event Catering|||0|729|
|Event costs|||953|2026|
|Fixed Asset Grant Amortisation|||(13468)|(9414)|
|General Expenses|||155|0|
|Hanging Garden Expenses|||1904|2851|
|Insurance|||859|1343|
|Interest Paid|||(20)|0|
|IT Software and Consumables|||99|261|
|Licences|||479|0|
|Light, Power, Heating|||7729|4586|
|Motor Vehicle Expenses|||987|0|
|Office Admin|||3575|2080|
|Pensions Costs|||22|0|
|Printing & Stationery|||353|1216|
|Professional Fees|||1298|0|
|Rates|||417|0|
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|Rent|0|240|
|---|---|---|
|Repairs & Maintenance|9080|3002|
|Salaries|5585|37786|
|Speakers, Tutors and Performers|7669|7585|
|Subscriptions|346|240|
|Telephone & Internet|444|65|
|Tools|0|1827|
|Travel - National|0|760|
|Volunteer Expenses|482|3305|
|Website|0|925|
|Workshop & Class Expenses|1888|7291|
|Total Expenditure|58960|93088|
|**SURPLUS (DEFICEIT)**|**178**|**(2393)**|
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## **Balance sheet**
## Wilderness Trust As of 31st March 2024
||||
|---|---|---|
|**Account**||**31 Mar 2024**
**31 Mar 2023**|
||||
|**Fixed Assets**|||
||**Tangible Assets**||
||Buildings|(31)
0|
||Computer Equipment|1155
1155|
||Equipment|17344
16985|
||Leasehold Improvements|101724
81384|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Computer Equipment|(480)
(249)|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Equipment|(7272)
(3851)|
||Less Accumulated Depreciation on Leasehold Improvements|(32401)
(15333)|
||**Total Tangible Assets**|**80038**
**80091**|
|**Total Fixed Assets**||**80038**
**80091**|
||||
|**Current Assets**|||
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Barclaycard|1541
0|
||Wilderness Trust Current Account|34315
11122|
||**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**35856**
**11122**|
||Accounts Receivable|0
10000|
|**Total Current Assets**||**35856**
**21122**|
||||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|||
||Accounts Payable|2996
4229|
||Accruals|46
3007|
||Barclaycard|0
575|
||PAYE Payable|(207)
3496|
||Rounding|(0)
0|
||Trustees' Loan Account|1884
11884|
||Wages Payable - Payroll|(2597)
3192|
|**Total Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||**2122**
**26384**|
||||
||**Net Current Assets (Liabilities)**|**33734**
**(5262)**|
||||
||**Total Assets less Current Liabilities**|**113772**
**74829**|
||||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**|||
||Grant Income spent on Fixed Assets|112947
73645|
||Wilderness Trust Ltd Loan Account|(1844)
(1443)|
|**Total Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**||**111103**
**72202**|
||||
||**Net Assets**|**2669**
**2627**|
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|**Capital and Reserves**|**Capital and Reserves**||
|---|---|---|
||Ashley Family Foundation Restricted Fund|10000
10000|
||ATSAIN|1855
1855|
||Community Facilities Grant|(673)
(823)|
||Connected Communities|2228
2228|
||CRF|(2153)
(2863)|
||Crowd Funder|3071
3071|
||Current Year Earnings|(2822)
(2393)|
||Current Year Earnings Allocation - Restricted Funds|(3208)
(4208)|
||Doyle Carte Grant|(2240)
(2240)|
||Dulverton Trust Restricted Fund|(3821)
(4921)|
||Dulverton Trust Restricted Fund - Brought forward|4921
5231|
||Foyle Foundation Restricted Fund|(1085)
(2097)|
||Foyle Foundation Restricted Fund - Brought forward|2077
2077|
||FSF|3
3|
||Garfield Weston|(325)
(364)|
||Hubbub Eat Your Pumpkin|338
338|
||Jubilee Fund|(897)
(937)|
||Kew Gardens Grow Wild|(107)
(107)|
||Local Places For Nature|(71)
(71)|
||PAVO|82
82|
||PCC Souper Sunday|443
847|
||Postcode Community Trust Restricted Fund|(18)
(64)|
||Postcode Community Trust Restricted Fund - Brought forward|(17)
64|
||Powys Welsh Church Acts|(364)
(364)|
||Unrestricted Funds - Brought forward|(7224)
(4832)|
||Volunteering Wales|633
633|
||Winter Pressures Fund Restricted Fund - Brought forward|2041
2480|
|**Total Capital and Reserves**||**2669**
**2627**|
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
## **Accounting Policies**
## **BASIS OF PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
The financial statements have been compiled on a basis which enables profits to be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice and which provides sufficient and relevant information to enable the completion of a tax return.
## **TURNOVER**
Turnover comprises the invoiced value of goods and services supplied by the company, net of Value Added Tax and trade discounts.
## **TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Depreciation is provided, at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
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## **Depreciation Schedule** Wilderness Trust For the year ended 31 March 2024
|**Name**|||**Cost **|**Opening**|**Value **|**Purchases **|**Disposals**|**Depreciation**|**Closing Value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Computer Equipment**||||||||||
|Epson Ecotank Printer|||320||213|0|0|64|149|
|HP COMPAQ ELITE COMPUTER|||236||153|0|0|47|106|
|Lenovo Thinkpad T480S 14-inch (2017) - Core i7-8650U - 16GB|||599||539|0|0|120|419|
|**Total Computer Equipment**|||**1155**||**906**|**0**|**0**|**231**|**675**|
|**Equipment**||||||||||
|40X CHAIRS|||1200||780|0|0|240|540|
|4X (6X2) WOODEN TRESSLE TABLES|||450||285|0|0|90|195|
|6' x 2'6" Trestle Table|||124||112|0|0|25|87|
|ALDORR Ladder for swift project|||359||0|359|0|24|335|
|ANTIQUE APOTHECARY DRAWERS|||1481||938|0|0|296|642|
|Arbour Press + Equipment|||3338||3171|0|0|668|2504|
|Beecosystem - 297425305|||2338||1481|0|0|468|1013|
|Briquette Maker|||159||140|0|0|32|109|
|FALCON G2151OT 6 BURNER RANGE|||1076||664|0|0|215|449|
|Makita 18V 7 Piece Cordless Tool Kit 3 x 5.0Ah Batteries & Charg|||875||773|0|0|175|598|
|MAKITA DHP482RTJ-1 18v COMBI HAMMER DRILL WITH 1 x 5|||191||162|0|0|38|124|
|Stacking Chairs|||800||787|0|0|160|627|
|Stainless Kitchen units|||1686||1012|0|0|337|674|
|Trestle Tables x3|||40||39|0|0|8|31|
|Trestle Tables x3|||516||507|0|0|103|404|
|Trestle Tables x3|||362||350|0|0|72|277|
|UPRIGHT DISPLAY FREEZER|||722||469|0|0|144|325|
|Various Equipment for hanging Gardens|||1627||1464|0|0|325|1139|
|**Total Equipment**|||**17344**||**13134**|**359**|**0**|**3421**|**10072**|
|**Leasehold Improvements**||||||||||
|Hanging Gardens Improvements (Local Places) 2022/23|||8058||7521|0|0|1612|5909|
|Hanging Gardens Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||3261||3152|0|0|652|2500|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (BWF) 2022/23|||1000||983|0|0|200|783|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Community Facilities)|||22774||22395|0|0|4555|17840|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (FSF) 2022/23|||500||492|0|0|100|392|
|Leasehold property Improvements (FSF) 22/23|||238||202|0|0|48|155|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Hafren Dyfrdwy) 2022/23|||6214||5696|0|0|1243|4453|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Local Places) 2022/23|||628||575|0|0|126|450|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Magic Little) 2022/23|||500||492|0|0|100|392|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||618||567|0|0|124|443|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (National Garden) 2022/23|||614||593|0|0|123|470|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (Powys Welsh Church) 2022/2|||5000||4083|0|0|1000|3083|
|Leasehold Property Improvements (unreserved) 22/23|||561||449|0|0|112|337|
|Leasehold Property Improvements 2023/2024|||47474||0|47474|0|9495|37979|
|Leasehold Property improvements 21/22|||31419||18852|0|0|6284|12568|
|**Total Leasehold Improvements**|||**128859**||**66051**|**47474**|**0**|**25772**|**87754**|
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**147357**||**80091**|**47833**|**0**|**29424**|**98500**|
## **Grants Transactions**
## **Wilderness Trust For the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024**
|**Date**|**Description**||
|---|---|---|
||||
|03 Apr 2023|Powys County Council - Additional £1K towards Cost of Living Crisis|1000|
|21 Apr 2023|Garfield Weston - GARFIELD WESTON FO GARFIELD WESTON BGC - Contribution to Core Costs|10000|
|24 Apr 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £10K instalment of Sustainable Futures Grant|10000|
|29 Apr 2023|WCVA - Landfills Disposal Tax Communities Scheme Grant instalment|39999|
|04 May 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £5K instalment Powys Welsh Church Act|5000|
|04 May 2023|Community Foundation Wales - £1500 Montgomery District Trust Fund|1500|
|10 May 2023|Kew Gardens Grow Wild - Kew Gardens Grow Wild £500|500|
|06 Jun 2023|Ashley Family Foundation - ASHLEY FAMILY FOUN AFF GRANT BGC|1000|
|25 Jul 2023|Local Giving|500|
|29 Jul 2023|WCVA - Catalyst Cymru £1k 2023|1000|
|05 Oct 2023|National Lottery Core Costs - National Lottery Core Costs|9900|
|13 Oct 2023|WCVA - Grant Repayment|(12292)|
|26 Oct 2023|McCarthy and Stone|3000|
|03 Nov 2023|Anthem Music Fund - Remaining 25% grant funding for ATSAIN project|1086|
|04 Jan 2024|M Davies - DAVIES M CHARITY MG30 Wilderness T BGC|5000|
|12 Jan 2024|Cultivate - Chapel Entrance grant|1000|
|13 Jan 2024|PAVO - Connected Communities|2500|
|19 Jan 2024|Powys County Council - First arrears deposit for grant|8152|
|24 Jan 2024|Moondance Foundation - Moondance foundation Grant payment January 2024|10000|
|21 Mar 2024|Community Foundation Wales - Ashley family 2024|10000|
|**Total Grants**||**108846**|
|**Total**||**108846**|
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