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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Federaton of Young Farmers’ Clubs Registered Charity No. 1030969

County Annual Report

For the Year Ending 31st August 2023

County Ofcers 2022 - 2023

County President: Luke Abblitt Chairman: Dan Attle County Vice Chairman: Gus Thompson

Trustees:

Trustees are elected or co-opted members of the County Executive Committee, aged 18 years or over.

YFC Ofce Address:

C/o Lords Acre Swaffham Prior Fen Cambridge CB25 0LQ

Bankers:

CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent, ME19 4JQ

Governance:

Constitution dated 13th January 1995.

Objectves:

To support and advance the education of young people in agriculture, home crafts, country life and related subjects and in the interests of the social welfare of such members to provide and promote the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities. These facilities are those, which will improve their conditions of life, and will assist in the development of their spiritual and mental capacities, self-reliance, and individual responsibility so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of the community.

Ofcer Annual Reports:

County President’s Report 2022 - 2023

What a year it’s been for Cambridgeshire Young Farmers!

I’ve been part of the federation since I was 13, so I’ve been in this organisation for at least 10 years now! So, I was honoured to be voted in as president this year. I hope I’ve been more of a help than a hinderance but that remains to be seen. I’ve tried not to use the phrase “well I wouldn’t have done that in my day” too much and no one’s told me to shut up yet so I hope I’m doing a decent job!

It’s been great to see so many of you attend the competitions throughout the year and I’ve been really impressed with the member’s skills and enthusiasm, no matter the challenge. Some of the highlights for me were:

Pumpkin carving- so many talented entries and a few very un-artistic ones but everyone gave it a good go and had fun on the night and I enjoyed judging them!
Stock judging was another favourite event of mine, this year I brought my son Jack along to have a look at the animals and to get him ready for his first stock judging competition in 10 years’ time. Definitely didn’t bring him for a free day out to look at animals rather than paying entry to go to a zoo. Thank you to the Wisson-Burtons for hosting.
Soham’s cookery competition was a triumph! Even if it was held in Dan Attles’s 1* hygiene rated shed I don’t think any rodents were harmed in the making of the dishes. Luckily I survived to see the next day too after sampling some of the “cuisine”. I am still scarred however from having to eat cold custard on one of the desserts

I always remember preparing for the rally was an exhausting time trying to get entries finished and things ready to bring on the day for the competitions, but you guys had an even bigger challenge this year as we took the rally back in hand and organised our own. You all did a fantastic job from lining up sponsors and stall holders, to the running of the competitions on the day. You should be proud of what you achieved however if I could offer some advice, next year I need a louder microphone because the event could only be improved by hearing my voice louder and clearer so no one misses out on my jokes! Thank you to everyone involved for making it such a fantastic event, particularly the

Wisson-Burtons for hosting & Tom Wisson-Burton for chairing the committee
Tommy Campbell
Rachel Banks
Dan Attle

Congratulations to Huntingdon for winning the rally- who will de-throne them next year?!

This year we have seen two county chairs, with the departure of Tom Foulger and Dan Attle stepping up to take the reins for Cambridgeshire. I’d like to thank Tom for the work he did for the county, as well as his help in organising the ball. I think we all had a great night! And thank

you to Dan Attle for taking over the chairmanship seamlessly. You’re doing a great job so far, your level-headed at ude I think makes you a great chair, and I know you will go on to be a great asset to the federation.

Thank you and well done to those in the background helping the county run, from memberships to events and competitions, the team put so much effort into making Cambridgeshire a great county to be a Young Farmer. Special thanks to Jess, Tommy and Gus for your work over the last year. You get things done and always with a smile so you have made this experience a pleasure. Finally, thank you to all of you for being members. I hope you get as much out of this organisation as I have over the years. I always say when people ask me about agriculture and the industry that Young Farmers is the best place to make connections with people, learn skills that will help you so much in the future- you get out what you put in so let’s make this coming year even better than the last!

Luke Abblit County President 2022 - 2023

County Chairman’s Report 2022 - 2023

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and thank you for being with us tonight. although I have only been chairman since may under some difficult circumstances I feel we have had a good year and have built some good foundations for the year ahead.

Even before I took over the Chairmanship from Tom Foulger, we started the year off well with our Public Speaking competition , Just a Minute which always starts with the first round or two with members not wanting to participate but by the end, we had most of the room up on stage and some of us several times which provided many laughs and somehow I was a runner up , big thank you to Soham YFC for hosting and Greg Colebrook for being our judge

November also saw Huntington YFC’s annual Sugarbeet Ball which is always a firm favourite with members and is always a good night. Pretty amazing to sell out in 3 days!

February soon rolled around and next up was the Mock Auction competition, hosted by Comberton YFC at the Banks’s family farm, it was great to see such a fantastic attendance on a crisp Sunday morning and thank you to Comberton YFC’s advisory for providing us all with a tuck shop and bacon rolls . Well done to Huntingdon YFC for the winning team and a huge thank you to Alan Faulkner from from Maxey Grounds & Co. for being our Auctioneer and also the Banks family for hosting and I’m sure if it was a real farm sale you’d of been very happy with the prices!!

February also saw the brief return for one night only of Ramsey YFC to help Soham YFC host a ‘Take me out Party with our County President Luke Abblitt don his best chat up lines to become Paddy McGuinness and see if we could match make members across the county, it was a memorable night to say the least but I’m not so sure that any romances blossomed!!

The following week saw another busy weekend for Cambridgeshire YFC with our annual Stockjudging Competition in the morning and Spring Comps in the afternoon, once again was great to see plenty of members showing what they know about the Stock on display, in the afternoon we saw members competing in Tractor and Telehandler safety, Quad bike and Gator challenges, always a firm favourite and Fence Erecting which did leave the odd professional confused! A huge thank you to the Wisson-Burtons for hosting and really making it happen and also thank you to Huntingdon YFC Advisory committee for bringing animals and helping the day run smoothly .

March soon was upon us and this sees us back at Park Farm for our Annual County Ball, overall was a good night and was great to see members old and new, thank you to all our sponsors and a massive thank you to Micheal Sly for hosting us once again.

Before we knew it April was here and I hosted a 30[th] anniversary party of Cambs YFC, a good time was had by all and I’m sure there was definitely some sore heads the next day!

Next up in our calendar was another firm favourite, the Soham YFC’s Welly Ball which with adverse weather a few location changes and me baling the field in the rain 2 days before, it was definitely filled with jeopardy but through it all it was a great event with the weather coming just right, it saw plenty of members attend and for the first time welly’s were very appropriate for conditions, all in all another great night.

June was soon upon us and months of planning came together for the Cambs YFC County Rally at Lattenbury Farms. It made me immensely proud to see such a high standard of entries entered by our members and you should all be so proud of yourselves! It was brilliant to see members competing against one another in the ring on the day, in the obstacle course, the cart race, the beach volley ball on a real beach and then ending the day with the floats. Once again we wheeled out our all-star County President for some brilliant commentating throughout the day, thank you Luke, for that! This year we opened our doors to the public and it was great to see some of the general public and plenty of past members to see what we get up too, this year we also saw the Vintage Tractors make an appearance and even a Steam Engine . I’d like to say a huge thank you to the trade stands that came to support us and make our rally feel more like a Show, again some good foundations being laid for future years . I’d really like to say a massive thank you to the Wisson- Burton family for hosting the rally again and their continued support to Cambs YFC . I’d also like to say another huge thank you to Tom Wisson-Burton for being Chairman of the Rally Committee and your enthusiasm for the day and encouraging the junior members . Another huge thank you to Rachel Banks alongside with Jess for sorting all of the rally comps, judges and the smooth running of the day, Also thank you, to Tommy Campbell for helping the day to come together. Another thank you also to Richard Freeman for helping set up on the days prior and for your expert commentating on the Vintage Tractors. Another big thanks is to all our Advisory, Judges, Sponsors, Stewards and the public for spending the day with us. One final thanks to is our members , without you none of this would be possible .

So the following weekend was the rally party, the first party hosted by Comberton YFC and what a great night it was, you really did it justice, another huge thank you to the Banks family again, for the use of your farm and another thank you to Comberton YFC and their Advisory for helping the night go without a hitch. It was a great honour to hand out so many trophies to some very deserving members and congratulations to Huntingdon YFC for winning the Rally, once again!

Although this did wrap up the year for Young Farmers I’d like to give a special thanks again to Tom Wisson-Burton and also to Phoebe Hannah for keeping the junior meetings going with a junior clay shoot at Lattenbury Farms which saw some impressive shooting. It’s really great to see our junior membership continue grow and you are the future of Young Farmers .

One last vote of thanks has to be to Gus Thompson for being a brilliant Vice Chairman, Tommy Campbell to being our Treasurer and helping with far more behind the scenes, to Luke Ablitt our County President for always keeping me on the straight and narrow and pushing me out of

my comfort zone and always being there with advice and a helping hand, and we can’t forget our amazing County Organiser Jess Shakeshaft for keeping the whole show on the road .

It’s been a pleasure to be your Vice Chairman and then Chairman for the last 6 months, not somewhere id ever think I’d ever be, it’s taken me to some great places such as the NFU Conference which was eye opening and also to the NFYFC Council Weekends working with Clubs across the country and seeing we all have the same pitfalls and successes and was great to see how far members voices go.

So, thank you all for the experience and I hope to build on the foundations which were laid this year. Thank you.

Dan Atle

County Chairman 2022/2023

Annual Membership:

The Federation has supported a membership this year of 151 members, across 5 Young Farmers’ Clubs.

Membership numbers have increased on 2021/2022 by approximately 9%, excluding Associates.

51 (34%) Junior members (aged 10 to 16) 61 (40%) Intermediate members (aged 16 to 21) 39 (26%) Senior members (aged 21 to 28) 151 0 Associate members (aged 28 to 30) 151

80 Male (53%) 71 Female (47%) 151

Reserves Policy:

The Trustees have reviewed the performance of the Federation investments and they decided not to invest additional funds again to ensure that sufficient monies would be readily available to cover the annual County expenditure. The general reserves held by the charity were also reviewed and were considered to be appropriate to protect the current activities of the Federation and provide future short-term funding. The Reserves Policy of the Federation is reviewed annually.

Future Aims:

To retain and, where possible, expand upon existing membership numbers to ensure a minimum total membership aged 10 to 28, of 145 by the end of August 2023.

To carry on supporting and developing the five existing Clubs and facilitate increased member involvement in County Committee meetings, competitions, and events.

To continue with existing training opportunities and create new training opportunities for members, ensuring that each Club receives at least two NFYFC ‘Curve’ training module during the 2023/2024 membership year particularly as we have 1 County Training Officer.

To encourage more members to organise fundraising activities for the Federation to reduce the reliance on income generated by the Cambridgeshire County Show.

To keep raising the profile of Cambs FYFC within the wider ‘Young Farmer’ community, encouraging more membership involvement in Eastern Area and National Federation of YFC activities, including committee meetings, competitions, and training.

To further develop member participation in community/charity projects.

Dan Atle County Chairman 2022/2023

Independont Examinerfs Report Independent Examinerfs Report to the Truste of Cambridgeshir• Federation of Young FamièF8 Clubs IR•yistsred Charlty Number 10309691 I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the accounts of the Cambridgeshile Federallon of Young Farmerfs Clubs for thè year ended 31 August 2023. which are set out on pages 110 4. Responsibillty and basis of t¢port As the charitytruslees oflhe Trust you are responsible forthe Preparation olthe accounts In accordancg with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Act). The charilys trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an Independent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty lo.. examine the accounts under sectton 145 of the Charities Act. lo follow the applicab[6 Direth"ons given by the Charity Commission {undeT section 145lSllbll of the Ad, and lo state whgther particular mattefs have come to my attention Basls ol Independent examinerfs statement My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An èx8minalion inCj9s review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual Items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations frotn the trusteès concerning any Such matters. The procedures undertaken do rK)I provide all the evidence that woukl be requlred in an audit and consequentty no opinion is given as to whether tha accounts present a Irue and fairf view and the report is limited lo those matters set out in Ihe slalemenl below. Independènt examin•rfs Statsment In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention whlch gives mo cause to believe In any material respect.. 1. ACCnting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 ofthe Chadties Act.. 2. The accounts do not accord with Ihe accounting records I have no co s and have con* a¢xoss no other matters in connection with the arnina1ioTr to whlch attention sh e drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be leached. Slgned.. Name: Paul Rr Relevant professional qualifications of body.. Association of Chartered CertIfd Aco)untants Address.. Evolve Tax & Accountancy LLP. Unit 2 Fordharn House. Fordham, Cambs. CB7 SLL

Cambrldgeshire Federation of Young Farmers, Clubs Slatement of Flnancial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Trustees Funds Funds Fund Total 2023 Total 2022 Income and Expenditure ome Affiliation Fees and insurance Donation received Ball SocialslFundraising Show National AGM Sundry income Bank interest Investment income Increase in value of investment 10,782.52 10,782.52 2,576.84 18,986.22 3,517.85 513.02 6,708.00 1,939.85 14,530.86 2,111.00 21.44 2,576.84 18,986.22 3,517.85 513.02 37.75 111.28 2.697.69 37.75 111.28 2,697.69 850.00 8.49 2,588.91 Total 25,593.93 13,629.24 39,223.17 28,758.55 harltable Ex endlture Salaries and NIC Chaim)an's honorarium Travel Telephone Insurance Postage. printing, stationery and advertising Training Subscriptions and licences National costs County AGM costs National AGM costs Eastern Area Office equipment Marketing Child Protection YFC office expenses Sundry expenses Bank charges 14.219.72 14,219.72 13,603.37 134.64 951.86 7,248.54 134.64 951 86 1.248.54 275.80 923.72 767_32 1,423.79 1,447.83 85.00 3.715.20 408.25 1.423.79 1.447.83 85.00 3,715 20 408.25 1,354.88 900.53 46.99 771.00 287.58 1121.171 1121.17} 156.14 121.51 121.51 143.36 88.80 186.50 143.38 Total 23.635.17 143.38 23,778.53 19,342.63 1 of4

Cambrldgeshire Federation of Young Farmers, Clubs Ststement of Flnancial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2023 Unrestricted Restrictgd Trustees Funds Funds Fund Total 2023 Total 2022 Income and Expenditure Other Expendlture srt up grants Ball Socials Show Other activities lincluding webslte) Audit and accountancy Decrease in value of investments 15.196.44 15,196.44 11,748.16 2,551.06 914.00 1,090.25 2.551.06 914.00 1,090.25 12,129.OQ 3,967.58 575.00 848.68 4.073.00 12,129.00 Totsl 19.751.75 12,129.00 31,880.75 21,212.42 Total Income blfwd Total Expenditure blfv 25,593.93 {43,386.921 13,629.24 39,223.17 28.758.55 112,272.361 155,659,28) {40,555.051 Nel {Deficrtylncome for year 17,792.99 1,356 88 116,436 11 11,796.50 Is] 10]LJ 2of4

Cambridgeshire Federation of Young Famiers, Clubs Statement of Financlal Activities for Ihe year ended 31 August 2023 8alance$ 2023 2022 Balancgs bld Bank Accounts County account AJC 5476 Investment account Alc 90210 Show current account Wc 3966 Show business reserve Alc 3990 Friends account Alc 4029 Investments COIF income shares Charishare income sha$ Debtors Unpaid club levy and insurance 2020 Accounts receivable 555 13,437 500 17,316 47,658 5,927 51,122 5.245 87,577 74.183 45.546 39,570 47,739 41,450 85.116 89,189 1,567 450 153,143 164.939 153,143 164,939 Add Unrestricted Receipts Less Unrestricted Expenditure And Add Restricted Receipts Less Reslricled Expenditure 39,223 55,659 28,759 40,555 {16,436) {11.7971 116.4361 136,707 153 143 Balances clfwd Bank Accounts County account c 5476 Investment account Alc 90210 Show current account Wc 3966 Show business reserve AJC 3990 Friends account Alc 4209 Investments COIF income share5 Charishare income shares Debtors Unpaid Glub levy and insurance 2020 Accounts receivable 516 6.629 555 13,437 47,982 6.253 47,658 5,927 61.379 67,577 32,043 40,944 45.546 39.570 72,987 85.116 2,340 450 136,706 153,143 Fund Balances Unrestricted Reslricled 131,180 5,526 147,617 5,526 136,706 153,143 i])luli] 3of4

Cambridgeshire Federation of Young Farmers, Clubs Statement of Flnancial Activities for the year ended 31 August 2023 Investments Value at Additions at Disposal 01 09.22 cost proceeds Change in value Value at 31.08.23 COIF income shares Charishare income shares 45,546 39,570 (13.5031 1,374 32,043 40,944 85,116 12.129 72,987 0.054597 alu8 of COIF as at 31 August 2023 {2370.07 units @ £13.52 per unill 'Value of Charishare al 31 August 202315861.0765 units @ £6.99 per unill Sumfflary of assets by funds Unrestrlcted Funds General Restricted Trustees Funds AGM Total Investments Cash funds Debtors 72,987 98,059 2,340 72,987 83,289 2,340 140.3151 5,526 Not assets 140,315 173,386 5,526 138.596 Assets retslned for the charitys own use.. Fund to whlch asset belongs Current value Cost Photocopier Office fixtures and fiitings Display boards General General General 2 x computers, 2 x software & 1 external hard drive Purchased November 2017 Purchased November 2018 Purchased May 2019 Computers Laptop Outlook software Digital camera Shredder Spacehealer Printer Projector Trustees Trustees General General Trustees General General General 1,552 650 80 199 140 170 340 Iilio12 4of4

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