2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 05/04/2024 Period start date To Period end date

04/04/2025

Charity name: Grade Ruan Community Trust

Charity registration number: 1121984

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To manage properties (car park, public conveniences) in Grade-Ruan parish under licence from Grade Ruan Parish Council.
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	Income from the car park is used to cover the cost of improving, maintaining and running the properties. Surplus funds are expended in grants.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have regard to guidance from the Charity Commission in deciding which projects to support with grants. Projects must be of benefit to the public of Grade Ruan Parish.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Grants are made for projects of public benefit to a wide group of the community of Grade Ruan Parish. This could be through infrastructure or social benefit.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38
Other

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	In the past year the Trust has maintained the car park and three sets of public conveniences. Grants have been awarded to: Grade Ruan Recreation ground for floodlighting, continued room rental for the village sunshine club, Friends of Grade and Ruan churches towards their roof appeal, a playground shelter for Grade-Ruan school, contribution to Cadgwith Christmas lights and support for the junior football club.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	There was a small surplus income over expenditure in the period. The overall balance of accounts is healthy.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Reserves equating to the average annual expenditure are kept in case of disruption to income.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£30,000
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

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
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 toilet block at Kennack Sands is in need of considerable renovation and funds need to be managed to allow for a large expenditure on this over the next few years.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Licence
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Charitable trust
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	Parish residents can volunteer to become Trustees or may be approached by existing Trustees to volunteer. Existing Trustees will vote on the appointment of a new Trustee giving regard to experience likely to help with the running of the Trust and sufficient knowledge of the community likely to help judge public benefit of grant applications.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Grade Ruan Community Trust
Other name the charity uses	n/a
Registered charity number	1121984
Charity’s principal address	Weathercroft Ruan Minor Helston TR12 7LR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Paul Collins	Chair
	Jane Cockrem	Treasurer
	Judith Preston	Secretary
	Elwyn Jones
	Jonathan Fletcher
	Mo Jones

– 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 n/a held in this capacity

Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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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

n/a

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Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) J Preston Full name(s) Judith Anne Preston

Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Chair, etc)

Date

05/01/2026

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