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2020-08-31-accounts

01 09 2019

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date

To

Period end date

31 08

2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Upper Don Trail Trust Other names charity is known by UDTT Registered charity number (if any) 1104333 Charity's principal address 28 Millau 2 Kelham Island Sheffield Postcode S3 8RD

Upper Don Trail Trust

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Simon Ogden Chairperson AGM of registered members
Chris Prescott Treasurer
Chris Bell Trustee
David Holmes Trustee
Ian Holmes Trustee
Tim Rippon Trustee
Lee Heykoop Trustee
Julie Parfitt Trustee
TonyCanning Trustee
Ben McGarry Trustee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

CIO

Trustee selection methods Elected by AGM

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

The Upper Don Trail Trust works with a wide range of partners and groups in order to achieve the aims of it’s charitable objectives. These include city and town councils, local communities, private landowners, statutory bodies such as the Environment Agency, other charities and developers.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO are:

Summary of the objects of the "The provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation charity set out in its governing document and leisure time occupation of the public with the object of improving their conditions of life particularly through the provision of providing footpaths, cycleways, and bridleways as locally appropriate alongside the River Don

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Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)		 from Lady’s Bridge to Stocksbridge and to the Peak District National
park.”
Throughout the course of planning and managing our activities for this the
organisation has very much kept in mind the Charity Commission’s
guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.
COVID-19 had some impact on our activities.
Following a relaunch in October 2019 and despite the severe restrictions
resulting from the Pandemic from early 2002, the Trust has made a very
significant impact on progressing the Trail in almost every section whether
through commenting on and influencing planning applications, seeking
partnerships with landowners, applying and supporting funding bids and
organising volunteering events when permitted.
The Trustees and other active supporters have continued to meet using
virtual meeting technology, which has given us the ability to include
members otherwise unable to attend in person, a facility which we hope to
retain when meeting in person is again allowed.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

All our activities are steered by volunteers.

Little Kelham Bridge

After a number of false starts the Council’s funding contribution was reconfirmed in August 2020 and a partnership agreement with Citu drafted which should allow the bridge to be constructed, subject to costs remaining within budget. A new planning application will be required as the previous one has timed out.

Herries to Hillfoot

This new project was adopted as the first priority of the relaunched trust as it is the key missing link in the inner city section of the trail between established sections in Kelham/Neepsend and Beeley Woods. A successful bid to SUSTRANS was submitted by the Council and supported by the UDTT, with additional funding from the Council and a planning application was submitted and approved. However subsequent site investigations have revealed unforeseen problems with buried electric and gas services which render the route unviable as an accessible cycle and wheelchair trail. An alternative route for cycling is therefore being explored following the river bank more closely whilst more modest improvements to the previous alignment as a walking only route are being considered.

Stocksbridge Healthy Towns Fund

Trustees have been invited to join the sub-group of the above board to help shape its bid for up to £20m from the government’s Healthy Towns Programme. The successful initial bid has been approved including up to £3.75m for new connections in the walking/cycling/horse riding trails around Stocksbridge, most of which form part of or connect with the UDT. Stakeholder work, consultation and detailed feasibility, costing and design will continue.

Planning Applications

The UDTT has commented on the following planning applications to ensure parts of the trail are provided as part of the development:

Volunteering

A clean-up of the Beeley Woods section of the Trail was organised in February 2020 in partnership with SUSTRANS Rangers, City Kayak Club, Good Gym and the River Stewardship Co. Over 40 people took part and the whole length of trail from Abbey Stainless to Oughtibridge Cricket Club was litter picked, leaves and detritus scraped off and encroachment of vegetation cut back.

Further activities are planned at Club Mill Rd when permitted again.

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Design Guidance

Trustees are working to produce a compendium of design standards for widths, surfacing, signage etc based on best practice from across Europe. This will be used to influence the design of new sections and the upgrade of existing trails including removal of security barriers which exclude legitimate users.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the The Charity doesn’t maintain significant reserves and raises funds on a charity’s policy on reserves needs by needs basis.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None.

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our principal sources of funds are:

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Ben McGarry Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 31.07.2021

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Charity Name Upper Don Trail Trust

Recei ts and a ments accou p p y

For the period Period start date To from 31/08/2019

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted

Restricted funds

funds

to the nearest £ to the nearest £

Endowment

funds

to the nearest £

Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Restricted funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts 200
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Balance - -
Donations 200 - -
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Sub total(Gross income for AR) 200 - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - -
Total receipts 200 - -

A3 Payments

A3 Payments

Media: short film commission		 -
Artwork: logo 200 -
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**Sub total ** 200 - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments 200 - -
Net of receipts/(payments) - - -
A5 Transfers between funds - - -
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the perio

Unrestricted
Categories Details funds
to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Acounts with Co-op Bank plus float 23,526
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Total cash funds 23,526
Categories
B1 Cash funds		 Acounts with Co-op Bank plus float
Details
Total cash funds		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
23,526
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23,526
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B3 Investment assets		 Details
Details
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funds
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belongs
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which
Details liability relates

B5 Liabilities

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature
C. Prescott		 Print N
C. PRES

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Total funds

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