## **Ruperra Conservation Trust**
## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: April 1[st] , 2020**
**To: March 31[st] , 2021**
## **Charity registration number: 1054796**
**Company number: 3186952**
## **Objectives and activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Ruperra Conservation Trust has as its**
**objectives the conservation and**
**restoration of Coed Craig Ruperra**
**specifically, and the area of Rudry and**
**district generally, for the benefit of native**
**wildlife and biodiversity. The Trust also**
**conserves its scheduled ancient**
**monuments and maintains access on**
**Coed Craig Ruperra for the benefit of**
**local people and other visitors.**|
|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|**The Trust has continued to work on its**
**restoration programme while maintaining**
**paths and tracks for public benefit.**
**Further work was done on hedge**
**restoration, coppice replanting and**
**heathland restoration with funding from**
**the Landfill Disposal Communities Fund**
**grant of £49,700. While the Covid-19**
**pandemic forced many activities to be**
**put on hold, and volunteer group**
**meetings were suspended for most of the**
**year, contractors continued to undertake**
**essential replanting of Coed y Goitre and**
**maintenance of both woodlands.**|
|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 regard at all times for**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit. Much**
**work is done every year which achieves**
**this specific purpose**|
## **Achievements and performance**
||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 Trust worked on various grant-aided**
**projects to continue the restoration of**
**native broadleaved cover over Coed**
**Ruperra. Although work on site was**
**intermittently affected by Covid**
**restrictions, a substantial amount of new**
**local users and visitors from further**
**afield continued to benefit from the well-**
**kept paths and to learn about local**
**history and wildlife.**|
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## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period, with income**
**from the previous year’s timber sale**
**having been received, the Trust’s**
**finances were in a comfortable position.**
**The Trust continues to have a suitable**
**sum available for ongoing upkeep of its**
**properties. **|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Trust holds the major part of its**
**reserves specifically for use on its**
**management of Coed Craig Ruperra (and**
**now also for Coed y Goitre). A sum of no**
**less than £25000 is held as the lower limit**
**to allow at least a year’s expenditure on**
**essential management should there be**
**no grant income available. **|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**A sum of no less than £25000 is held as**
**the lower limit to allow at least a year’s**
**expenditure on essential management**
**should there be no grant income**
**available. **|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal|Para 1.47|**The Trust’s main sources of income are**
**grants from various bodies, donations**
**from members and others, and the**|
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|sources of funds (including
any fundraising)||**occasional sale of timber as and when**
**this occurs.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The Trust has a long-term commitment to**
**maintaining Coed Craig Ruperra for the**
**benefit of biodiversity and public access.**
**The main risk is the loss of income long-**
**term from grants to allow this to be**
**continued. **|
|Other|||
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**The Trust is governed by a memorandum**
**and articles of association.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**It is a company limited by guarantee and**
**a charity registered in England and**
**Wales.**|
|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|**Individuals are selected by the trustees**
**should they show an interest in also**
**becoming trustees. They are then co-**
**opted until the AGM at which their**
**appointment is ratified by the members**
**present.**|
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## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|**Ruperra Conservation Trust**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1054796**|
|Charity’s principaladdress|**Orchard Bungalow, Chatham, Machen, CF83 8SB **|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||PhillipBevan|Chair|||
||Sue Price|Treasurer &
CompanySecretary|||
||TonyMcGurk|Vice Chair|||
||Liz Roberts|Secretary|||
||Michelle Clapham||||
||Andrew George||||
||Elaine Davey||||
||Andrew Bevan||||
||Richard Cowie||||
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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 Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s)** Sue Price **Full name(s)** Susan Price **Position (for example** Treasurer & Company Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 24/01/2022
## **RUPERRA CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED**
## **Balance Sheet at 31 March 2021**
|**Fixed assets**
**_Note_**
Woodland (at cost)
_1_
Coed y Goitre
_1a_
Vehicles/trailers
_2_
Tools and machinery
Less accumulated depreciation
_3_
**Current assets**
Debtors (Timber harvesting sale)
Stock of books, cards etc
Bank balances:
Total cash and deposits
_4_
**Current liabilities**
VAT due at year end
Creditors
**Net current assets**
**Long term liabilities**
Loan for land purchase, Coed y Goitre
_1a_
**Total net assets**
**Funds b/fwd**
**Inc/Exp a/c**|23829
20025|**2021**
**£**
60022
90000
10659
3804
14117
53
69141|**164485**
83311
-10580
**72731**
**237216**
223011
14205
**237216**|_23829_
_20025_|**_2020_**
**_£_**
_60022_
_90000_
_10659_
_3804_
_58019_
_53_
_101176_|**_164485_**
_159248_
_-10722_|
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-9475|||_-7465_
_-3257_||
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_43263_|
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## **Notes**
1. Woodland at original purchase price. Including 1a Coed y Goitre, purchased by loan in July 2019.
- 1a Coed y Goitre was purchased in July 2019 with a loan of £90000 from members of the charity with a 2% annual interest rate; the repayment was completed on 01/02/21
2. No depreciation has been applied to the Land Rovers/trailer which are considered to have high salvage values.
3. Depreciation at 20% per annum previously applied to equipment: this has now reached a write-off level and no further depreciation on current machinery will be applied.
4. All funds are restricted to woodland management and associated costs on Coed Craig Ruperra and Coed y Goitre
## **Audit Exemption Statement**
_**For the year ending 31/03/2021 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_
## _**Directors’ responsibilities:**_
_**The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476, the directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.**_
_**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.**_
## **SUSAN PRICE**
**Director & Company Secretary Company number: 03186952 Charity number 1054796**
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