Company Registration No 4279451 (England and Wales)
## **THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND – WARWICKSHIRE**
Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a share capital
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**31 DECEMBER 2024**
**THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND - WARWICKSHIRE**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **CONTENTS**
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|Company information|2|
|Directors and Trustees Report|3|
|Statement of Directors’ and Trustees’ responsibilities|5|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|6|
|Statement of financial activities|7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes|9-10|
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## **COMPANY INFORMATION**
COMPANY NUMBER 4279451 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1092486 PRESIDENT Sir Andrew Watson DIRECTORS & TRUSTEES Judith Cobham-Lowe - Chairman Michael A Bird Nicholas A M Butler Barry Elkington Janet Gee Nick Hargrave (appointed 11 December 2024) David Roache (appointed 6 March 2024) Dr Mark Robbins Justin M Whitehorn Charles Melville Wright(resigned 10 June 2024) SECRETARY Myles Thornton REGISTERED OFFICE 41A Smith Street Warwick Warwickshire CV34 4JA BANKERS CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill Kent ME19 4JK INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Alice Helps The Old Barn Wasperton Warwick CV35 8EB
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## **DIRECTORS’ AND TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
## **31 December 2024**
The directors and trustees present their report and the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
## **Governing Document**
The organization is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 22[nd] August 2001 in the old name of The Council for the Protection of Rural England and again on 23[rd] July 2003 by reason of name change to The Campaign to Protect Rural England. The Company is governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
## **Management and Direction**
The Executive Committee comprises a maximum number of 12 members. These members are Trustees and Directors and are elected annually. The Executive Committee has a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, Minute Secretary and Company Secretary. A number of similar organisations are invited to attend the meetings which are held each quarter. Up to five organisations can be involved.
The Executive Committee oversees and monitors the activities of the Company, sets policy, establishes employment criteria and investment activity.
The Management Group comprises up to five members who manage, in conjunction with the Technical Secretary and the Branch Administrator, the day to day affairs of the Company.
Recruitment to these bodies is by selection resulting from advertising and recommendation from members.
There is no formal training provided by the Company, but external bodies are used when necessary to provide additional development.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The Company’s objects and principal activities are to:-
- 1) Promote and encourage, for the benefit of the public, the improvement, protection and conservation of the English countryside and in particular that of the County of Warwickshire as constituted from time to time plus the City of Birmingham (including Sutton Coldfield), the City of Coventry and the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”), its countryside, towns and villages, and the better development of the rural environment; and
- 2) Promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.
This is achieved by:-
- Expert and technical input into the formulation of plans for development control
- Careful monitoring of Planning Applications
- Campaigns to address matters of public concern
- Education, training and advice to members of the public and interested parties.
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## **DIRECTORS’ AND TRUSTEES’ REPORT (continued)**
## **31 December 2024**
## **Objectives and Activities (continued)**
It is the intention to continue to promote the objectives of the Company by continual assessment of the needs of members, reference to the national policies of the CPRE and involvement in key planning and development matters in the countryside. An active policy of recruitment of volunteers to fulfil the primary roles as stated and the secondary functions of fund raising, membership development, effective administration and communication will be pursued.
## **Reserves Policy**
The Directors consider the current level of financial reserves to be adequate to fulfil the objectives of the Company. There is a Reserves Policy in place which sets out the criteria for the management of the capital and income of the Company.
## **Transactions and Financial Position**
This is shown in detail within this report. There was a net deficit on unrestricted activities of £418 for the year (2023: £2,671 deficit) and the unrestricted reserves are stated at £45,334 (2023: £45,752).
## **Directors and Trustees**
All Directors of the Company are also Trustees of the Charity.
## **Auditors**
The Company is not required to appoint auditors.
## **Independent Examiner**
Alice Helps was appointed Independent Examiner on 23 January 2023.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the Board of Directors and Trustees on 5 March 2025, and signed on its behalf by:
Myles Thornton Secretary
Date 5 March 2025
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## **STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’ AND TRUSTEES’ RESPOSIBILITIES**
The Trustees are required by law to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial activities of the charity and its financial position at the end of that year. In preparing those financial statements the Trustees are required to:
- a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- b) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- c) state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and
- d) prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Company will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the Directors and Trustees
Judith Cobham-Lowe Director
Date 5 March 2025
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## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Campaign to Protect Rural England – Warwickshire**
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out on pages 7 to 10.
## **Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner**
The Trustees, who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under Company Law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner’s Statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 386 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 have not been met or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
Alice Helps
Date 5 March 2025
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **for the year ended 31 December 2024**
## **SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
|Note
**Incoming Resources**
**Income from charitable**
**activities**
Donations
Subscriptions
Legacies
Fundraising
Gift aid
200 Club
Total income from activities
Interest received
2
**Total incoming resources**
**Resources Expended**
Cost of operations
Governance costs
3
4
**Total resources expended**
**Net incoming/(outgoing)**
**resources for the year**
**Net movement in funds**
**for the year**
Fund balances brought
forward as at 1 January
**Fund balances carried**
**forward at 31 December**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
£
**2023**
£
3,427
13,05
2
-
977
440
2,700
3,566
12,824
-
2,647
766
-
20,59
6
19,803
1,690
1,234
**22,28**
**6**
**21,037**
21,84
1
863
22,862
845
**22,70**
**4**
**23,707**
**(418)**
**(2,670)**
**(418)**
**(2,670)**
45,75
2
48,422
**45,33**
**4**
**45,752**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
19,26
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19,26
3
-
-
-
**19,26**
**3**
**-**
7,944
-
3,023
-
**7,944**
**3,023**
**11,31**
**9**
**(3,023**
**)**
**11,31**
**9**
**(3,023**
**)**
20,64
4
23,667
**31,96**
**3**
**20,644**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
22,690
13,052
-
977
440
2,700
3,566
12,824
-
2,647
766
-
39,859
19,803
1,690
1,234
**41,549**
**21,037**
29,785
863
25,885
845
**39,648**
**26,730**
**10,901**
**(5,693)**
**10,907**
**(5,693)**
66,396
72,089
**77,297**
**66,396**|**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
22,690
13,052
-
977
440
2,700
3,566
12,824
-
2,647
766
-
39,859
19,803
1,690
1,234
**41,549**
**21,037**
29,785
863
25,885
845
**39,648**
**26,730**
**10,901**
**(5,693)**
**10,907**
**(5,693)**
66,396
72,089
**77,297**
**66,396**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||19,803
1,234|
|||||**21,037**|
|||||25,885
845|
|||||**26,730**|
|||||**(5,693)**|
|||||**(5,693)**
72,089|
|||||**66,396**|
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## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **as at 31 December 2024**
|Note
**Current assets**
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
7
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Capital and reserves**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**Total capital and reserves**|2024
£
£
750
76,547
77,297
77,297
77,297
45,334
31,963
77,297|2023
£
£
1,000
65,396
66,396
66,396
66,396
45,752
20,644
66,396|2023
£
£
1,000
65,396
66,396
66,396
66,396
45,752
20,644
66,396|
|---|---|---|---|
||||66,396|
||||45,752
20,644|
||||66,396|
For the year ending 31 December 2024, the Company was entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 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 complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the presentation of accounts.
These abbreviated accounts were approved by the Board of Directors on 5 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Justin M Whitehorn Director Date 5 March 2025
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules.
## **Income**
Income is accounted for on a receivable basis and is shown gross with the associated costs included in expenditure.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is included on an accruals basis and is recognized where there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay for expenditure.
## **Restricted funds**
Part of these funds are held on behalf of Keep our Greenbelt Green (KOGG), an organisation campaigning to prevent the greenbelt around Coventry being used for housing. Another part of these funds are to be used to protect the countryside in South Warwickshire. The final part of restricted funds are for Hedgerow Heroes developing hedgerows in Warwickshire.
## **2. Interest receivable**
|Short term interest
**3.**
**Cost of operations**
**Unrestricted funds**
Fees internal consultants
Fees external consultants
Donation to Barford Stop the Quarry
Rent and utilities
Newsletter cost and postage
Fund raising expenses
Telephone and broadband
Insurance
Office supplies
Travel
Other
**Restricted funds**
Fees external consultants
Hedgerow expenses
Donation to Barford Stop the Quarry|2024
£
1,690
2024
£
10,260
267
-
4,739
2,261
805
851
528
687
976
467
21,841
-
7,944
-
7,944|2023
£
1,234|
|---|---|---|
|||2023
£
10,060
680
500
3,655
1,601
2,164
1,906
255
634
567
840|
|||22,862|
|||2,523
-
500|
|||3,023|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)**
## **4. Governance costs**
|Annual General Meeting and Annual Report|2024
£
863
863|2023
£
845|
|---|---|---|
|||845|
## **5. Taxation**
On 8 May 2002 the Company agreed charitable status with HM Inspector of Taxes
## **6. Debtors**
|Prepayments
Gift aid receivable|2024
£
750
-
750|2023
£
750
250|
|---|---|---|
|||1,000|
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