## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Day Month Year 9 8 2022 **To** Period end date Day Month Year 8 8 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Hedgerley Wood Trust [HWT] **Other names charity is known by** ||**Registered charity number (if any)** 1153322
**Charity's principal address** Hedgerley Wood House
Red Lane
Chinnor , Oxon
**Postcode**
**OX394BW**
~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)** 1153322
**Charity's principal address** Hedgerley Wood House
Red Lane
Chinnor , Oxon
**Postcode**
**OX394BW**
~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)** 1153322
**Charity's principal address** Hedgerley Wood House
Red Lane
Chinnor , Oxon
**Postcode**
**OX394BW**
~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)** 1153322
**Charity's principal address** Hedgerley Wood House
Red Lane
Chinnor , Oxon
**Postcode**
**OX394BW**
~~ee~~|**Registered charity number (if any)** 1153322
**Charity's principal address** Hedgerley Wood House
Red Lane
Chinnor , Oxon
**Postcode**
**OX394BW**
~~ee~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**||||| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**||**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |1|Peter Armstrong|[Foundingtrustee]||N/A|HWT board| |2|Anuradha Vittachi|[Foundingtrustee]||N/A|HWT board| |3|Emma Chown|||N/A|HWT board| |4|Florence Miller|||N/A|HWT board| |5|William Finnegan|Chair||N/A|HWT board| |6|||||| |7|||||| - 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~=== ===~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Type of adviser Name Address
Expert on education, Simon Maxwell 20 West Drive, Brighton, BN2 0GD
climate, global
development
Expert on Healthcare Dr Ros Taylor c/o the Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted
Expert on education, Christopher Robertson 37 Staverton Road, London, NW2 5EY
psychology, climate
Expert on education, Dr Joe Smith The Geography Discipline, Open University,
global development Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** n/a ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** CIO – Foundation registered 09 Aug 2013 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Unanimous appointment by the HWT board Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** The founding trustees have had 18 years’ experience running a worldwide You **may choose** to include non-profit NGO network, and are able now to apply that expertise as additional information, where appropriate to the much smaller charity that is HWT. relevant, about: - New trustees are provided with a trustee handbook and required to - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and complete Declaration of Eligibility and Declaration of Interests. HWT has also developed a Complaints Policy, Reserves Policy, Privacy Policy, and - training of trustees; Legitimate Interest Assessment (GDPR). -  the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** March **2012** **TAR** 2 |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WORLDWIDE
PROBLEMS RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIETY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) DISEASE,
HUNGER, POVERTY, THE NEED FOR EDUCATION, THE IMPACT ON
HEALTH OF INEQUALITY, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL
AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.| |---|---| ||HWT has once more achieved all its learning objectives: enabling the public,
and/or relevant professionals interfacing with the public, to deepen their
knowledge, understanding and skills of topics outlined in our mission
statement.
IN YEAR 10 HWT AGAIN ACHIEVED ALL OBJECTIVES: SET UP DEDICATED
ONECLIMATE CENTRE WITH 30-SEAT CINEMA. HELD REGULAR SCREENINGS
AND DISCUSSIONS WITH WIDENING GROUP OF LOCAL COMMUNITY AND
ONLINE PARTICIPANTS. SET UP TWO VERY ACTIVE WHATSAPP GROUPS FOR
CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT. SOFTWARE FOR THE MYCELIUM MAP COMMISSIONED
AND NOW UNDERWAY FOLLOWING USER GROUP INPUT. PRODUCED VIDEO
CONTENT FOR THAME COP27 EVENT, INCLUDING NEW SUSTAINABLE FARMING
SEQUENCES IN UK AND KENYA.
Clips from HWT’s work are included on our website www.hedgerleywood.org.
The trustees have discussed and had regard to the guidance on public benefit
issued by the Charity Commission.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The Trust not only focuses on increasing public knowledge by doing the work as detailed above, but also by widely disseminating the useful results of the work done. - As a matter of course, the Trust publishes the work on its website; enables its partners to do so on their websites; disseminates these outputs via our social media networks [e,g, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube], and encourages our partners to do the same. - The educational value of HWT’s projects has been ensured in 3 ways: 1. HWT delivers projects for and with established charities and other organisations with the capacity to ensure the educational value of the materials being developed. The Trust’s work has received enthusiastic endorsements from all the organisations it has worked with. There are frequent repeat requests. - 2. HWT has a panel of advisers with recognised expertise in areas of academic enquiry relevant to the work of the Trust, and the necessary knowledge, experience and gravitas. Trustees have consulted in-depth with our advisor Dr Ros Taylor. - 3. The founding trustees have decades of public education experience themselves, covering both school-based and digital education:  Peter Armstrong was a distinguished senior executive at the BBC, producing and commissioning award-winning documentaries raising public awareness and knowledge about global development, and is winner of the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award for interactivity. - Anuradha Vittachi is a qualified teacher (PGCE, University of Oxford) carrying through those pedagogic practices in her work as an author, lecturer, TV documentary-maker and award-winning digital editor, using media to serve public education on global development. March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** In 2018, HWT adopted a reserves policy outlining purpose, governance, **Brief statement of the** and determination of reserves. At the Winter 2018 Board Meeting, the **charity’s policy on reserves** HWT board agreed unanimously to keep £4,000 in reserve. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** The principal source of funds has been fees and donations for You **may choose** to include documentary-making. additional information, where relevant about: - These funds have enabled the Trust to carry out the work as detailed - the charity’s principal above. sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** The Trustees are pleased to be able to report that Trust’s objectives, pertaining to the work and to the finances needed to support that work, have been so successfully achieved in this year. ## **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)** William Finnegan **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 1 June 2024 March **2012** **TAR** 6 ||**Charity Name**
**Hedgerley Wood Trust**|**Charity Name**
**Hedgerley Wood Trust**|**Charity Name**
**Hedgerley Wood Trust**|||||||||**No (if any)**
**1153322**|**No (if any)**
**1153322**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
09/08/2022
08/08/2023
ee
ee
ee||||||||||||||||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**CC16a**||| |Donations|**6,498**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**6,498**|**6,498**||**399**|**399**|| |Income from filmmaking|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**11,100**|**11,100**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**6,498**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**6,498**|**6,498**||**11,499**|**11,499**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**6,498**
**-**
**-**
**6,498**
**11,499**
**A3 Payments**
————~~——~~||||||||||||||||||| |Overheads (insurance, hardware,
software)|**6,945**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**6,945**|**6,945**||**4,143**|**4,143**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**6,945**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**6,945**|**6,945**||**4,143**|**4,143**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_ 6,945**
**-**
**-**
**6,945**
**4,143**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 447**
**-**
**-**
**- 447**
**7,356**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**17,817**
**- -**
**17,817**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**17,370**
**-**
**- 17,370**
**7,356**
————~~——~~
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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Cooerative Bank|17,370|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |Total cash funds|17,370|-|-| |SeS=| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |=—===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|-|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |ai| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval| |William Finnegan|01/06/2024| |=| |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|2|12/07/2024| **----- End of picture text -----**