| Reference and Administrative | Details |
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| Trustees' report |
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| Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements |
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| Independent examiner's report |
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| Statement offinancial activities | |
| Balance sheet | |
| Notes to the financial statements |
| Foundation | For | Common | Common | Land | |||
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| Reference and | Administrative | Details | |||||
| Charity name | Foundation | For Common | Land | ||||
| Charity registration | number | 1150439 | |||||
| Company registration |
number | 08113120 | |||||
| Principal office | Low Nook | ||||||
| University ofCumbria |
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| Rydal Road | |||||||
| AMBLESIDE | |||||||
| LA22 9BB | |||||||
| Registered office | Low Nook | ||||||
| University ofCumbria |
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| Rydal Road | |||||||
| AMBLESIDE | |||||||
| LA22 9BB | |||||||
| Trustees | C Short | ||||||
| J Bailey | |||||||
| RJ Milton | |||||||
| J C Phelps | |||||||
| L C Branfield | |||||||
| H Fraser | |||||||
| W Benson | (Resigned | 14March 2023) | |||||
| Secretary | L M Stride | ||||||
| Accountant | Dodd 8 Co | Limited | |||||
| FIFTEEN Rosehill | |||||||
| Montgomery | Way | ||||||
| Rosehill Estate | |||||||
| CARLISLE | |||||||
| CA1 2RW |
| The FCL's main activities and achievements | for the year July 2022-Ju | ne | 2023 | h | a | ve be | en | : | ||||||
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| Projects | ||||||||||||||
| ~ 'Our Upland Commons', continuing this major f3.1 million Natural |
Lottery Heritage | Fund | project maintaining | a | ||||||||||
| good working relationship with our 25 project partners. The accountable |
body | is the | National | Trust. | Highlights | |||||||||
| include: | ||||||||||||||
| ~ Undertaking work to improve the public benefits ofCommon Land |
including: | |||||||||||||
| -Spring Mire Restoration (Dart) |
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| - Repair ofAncient Monument (Shrops) |
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| -Commissioning Natural Flood Management recommendations |
(YDs) | |||||||||||||
| ~ Commissiong Research to better understand the species |
& habitats | on upland | commons | and | their | |||||||||
| management requirements including: |
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| -Whinchat nest survival (Shrops) & |
distribution (Dart). |
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| -Moths and Butterflies (Dart. Lakes, | 8 Shrops). | |||||||||||||
| - Ring Ouzels (YDS) | ||||||||||||||
| -Tree health, population distribution |
and natural regeneration |
(Darts). | ||||||||||||
| ~ Support sustainable commoning by |
providing equipment including |
remote | controlled | bracken | cutter, | |||||||||
| restoring historic sheep pens, and researching flock/herd health. |
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| ~ Worked to develop the first 'commons | proofed' carbon calculator | |||||||||||||
| ~ Increased commoner understanding |
of the habitats they |
manage | through | Commoner Led |
Habitat | |||||||||
| Assessment programme (YDs) |
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| ~ Defra Test and Trial SFIRoad Test: (completed in July 2023) |
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| ~ Worked with 3commons to fully road | test the SFI Moorland standard |
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| ~ Created a full set oftemplates to fulfil |
'SFI common land eligibility |
requirements. | ||||||||||||
| ~ Sought legal advice to create template | for internal agreement |
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| ~ By end of project we will have held 2 | national webinars (with over |
1000 | combined | views) | and 4 in | person | ||||||||
| local workshops for over 110people. |
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| ~ Added information to aid applications |
on a common on our website toolkit | |||||||||||||
| ~ Created a digital App with LandApp to successfully record and |
survey | |||||||||||||
| ~ Created a method to recorded results | and saved data |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | Total Funds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Note | f | ||||||
| Income and endowments | from: | ||||||
| Donations and legacies | 71,340 | 71,340 | 100,636 | ||||
| Charitable Activities |
195,020 | 74,568 | 269,588 | 126,051 | |||
| Total income and endowments | 266,360 | 74,568 | 340,928 | 226,687 | |||
| Expenditure on: |
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| Charitable activities |
236,357 | 56,645 | 293,002 | 201,771 | |||
| Total expenditure | 236,357 | 56,645 | 293,002 | 201,771 | |||
| Net income before | transfers | 30,003 | 17,923 | 47,926 | 24,916 | ||
| Transfers | |||||||
| Transfers between |
funds | 9,696 | (9,696) | ||||
| Net movements in funds |
39,699 | 8,227 | 47,926 | 24,916 | |||
| Reconciliation offunds |
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| Total funds brought | forward | 55,797 | 18,576 | 74,373 | 49,457 | ||
| Total funds carried | forward | 95,496 | 26,803 | ' | 22,299 |
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||
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| Note | |||||
| Current assets | |||||
| Debtors | 20,844 | 20,627 | |||
| Cash at bank and in | hand | 117,632 | 58,204 | ||
| 138,476 | 78,831 | ||||
| Creditors: Amounts one year |
falling due within | 10 | (16,177) | (4,458) | |
| Net current assets | 122,299 | 74,373 | |||
| Net assets | 122,299 | 74,373 | |||
| The funds ofthe charity: | |||||
| Restricted funds | 26,803 | 18,576 | |||
| Unrestricted funds |
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| Unrestricted income |
funds | 95,496 | 55,797 | ||
| Total charity funds | 122,299 | 74.373 | |||
| For the financial year | ended 30June 2023, | the charity | was entitled to | exemption | from audit under section 477 of |
| the Companies Act 2006. |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | Total Funds | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundsf | Funds | 2023 f. |
2022 E |
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| Provision | oftraining courses | 484 | |||||
| Provision Uplands |
ofproject management Common |
for Our | 23,011 | 23,011 | 16,534 | ||
| Defra T&T | 23,860 | 23,860 | 91,708 | ||||
| Defra Lowlands | T&T | 97,384 | 97,384 | 16,697 | |||
| SFI Road | Test | 50,405 | 74,568 | 124,973 | |||
| Other | 360 | 360 | 628 | ||||
| 195,020 | 74,568 | 269,588 | 126,051 |
| Charitable | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Direct costs | ||||
| Provision ofCharitable | Activities | 4,046 | 4,046 | 8,525 |
| Our Uplands Commons |
97,600 | 97,600 | 85,787 | |
| Defra T&T | 271 | 271 | 55,486 | |
| Lowlands T&T |
27,473 | 27,473 | 13,126 | |
| SFI Road Test | 102,112 | 102,112 | ||
| Wages and salaries | 53,234 | 53,234 | 31,582 | |
| Staff NIC (Employers) | 639 | |||
| Staff pensions | 1,094 | 1,094 | 518 | |
| 285,830 | 285,830 | 195,663 | ||
| Support costs | ||||
| Rent | 1,011 | 1,011 | 2,086 | |
| Insurance | 494 | 494 | 483 | |
| Sundry expenses | 4,291 | 4,291 | 2,075 | |
| Accountancy fees |
838 | 838 | 928 | |
| Independent examiner's |
fee | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Bank charges | 38 | 38 | 36 | |
| 7,172 | 7,172 | 6,108 | ||
| 293,002 | 293,002 | 201,771 |
| 2023 | 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | |||
| Charitable | activities | |||
| The aggregate | payroll costs ofthese persons were as follows: | |||
| 2023 | 2022f | |||
| Wages and | salaries | 53,234 | 31,582 | |
| Social security | 639 | |||
| Other pension | costs | 1,094 | 518 | |
| 54,328 | 32,739 |
| 2023 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| E | |||
| Trade | debtors | 20,844 | 20,627 |
| 2023f | 2022 E |
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|---|---|---|
| Trade creditors | 1,915 | 580 |
| Taxation and social security | 6,990 | 2,516 |
| Other creditors | 169 | 162 |
| Accruals and deferred income | 7,103 | 1,200 |
| 16,177 | 4,458 |
| At 1 July | Incoming | Resources | At 30June | |||
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| 2022 | resources | expended | Transfers | 2023 | ||
| General Funds | ||||||
| Unrestricted | income fund | 55,797 | 266,360 | (236,357) | 9,696 | 95,496 |
| Restricted | Funds | |||||
| Restricted income fund | 1,947 | 1,947 | ||||
| Esmee Fairbairn | 3,333 | (3,333) | ||||
| Our Uplands | Common | 9,696 | (9,696) | |||
| Exeter University | 3,600 | (3,600) | ||||
| DEFRA | 74,568 | (49,712) | 24,856 | |||
| 18,576 | 74,568 | (56,645) | (9,696) | 26,803 | ||
| 74,373 | 340,928 | (293,002) | 122,299 |
| At 1 July 2021 |
Incoming resources |
Resources expended |
At 30June 2022 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Funds | ||||
| Unrestricted income fund |
42,228 | 109,553 | (95,984) | 55,797 |
| Restricted Funds | ||||
| Restricted funds | 1,947 | 1,947 | ||
| Esmee Fairbairn | 3,333 | 20,000 | (20,000) | 3,333 |
| Our Uplands Commons |
1,949 | 93,534 | (85,787) | 9,696 |
| Exeter University | 3,600 | 3,600 | ||
| 7,229 | 117,134 | (105,787) | 18,576 | |
| 49,457 | 226,687 | (201,771) | 74,373 |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | Total Funds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Tangible assets | |||||
| Current assets | 111,673 | 26,803 | 138,476 | 78,831 | |
| Creditors: Amounts within one year Net assets |
falling due | (16,177) 95,496 |
26,803 | (16,177) 122,299 |
(4,458) 74,373 |
| rior period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | Total Funds | ||
| Funds | Funds | 2022 | 2021 | ||
| Current assets | 60,255 | 18,576 | 78,831 | 51,279 | |
| Creditors: Amounts within one year Net assets |
falling due | (4,458) 55,797 |
18,576 | (4,458) 74,373 |
(1,822) 49,457 |