Orfordness Ughthouse Trust
Accounts and Trustees, Report
For the year ended
5 Aprll 2022

Report ol the trustees for the ytsr ended 5 Aprfl 2022
Orfordness Lighthouse Trust was set up as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and
registered as a charity on 12 March 2014 bythe Charity Commission under number
1156126. The principal registered address of the charity is Avocets, Quay Street, Orford,
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 2NN
The trustees at the date of this report are:
Peter Benstead
Michael Finney
Nicholas Gold
John Oake5
Mark Thacker
The power of appointment of new trustees Is vested in the present trustee5.
Charltable obJetts-
For the publlc benefit to preserve, maintaln and protect the Orfordness Li8hthouse and
Its artefacts for its hlstoric, constructional and architectural merit; or
the furtherance of such other charitable purposes as are exclusively charltable under
the laws of England and Wales as the trustees In their absolute discretlon declde,
particularly but not exclusively by the provislon of 8rant&
By a lease dated 28 April 2014. the lighthouse was leased by Orfordness Lighthouse Company
Limited to the charrty for a term of 10 years at an annual rent of £1.
The intome of the charlty Is derived from donatlons.
There have been no changes during the year to the objectives of the trust or to the policies
adopted In order to achieve those objectives.
Review of activities-
When the118hthouse was dismantled during the summer of 2020 the lantern room and other
key artefaets in the lighthouse were saved. They now belong to the trustees and they are being
kept safe at the site of Cobra Mist Limited on Orfordness.
The trustees hope that it will be possible to incorporate the lantern room In a bulldlng on a site
on Orfordness which would be a memorial to the lighthouse housing the artefact5 whlch have
been saved. The buildin8 would be used for public benefft.
The plan5 for the development and fundin8 of this new structure have not yet progressed.

Tru5tees' polities-
Risk mana8ement- the trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity
is exposed. The landlord is responsible for taking Out reasonable public liability cover and the
trustees are satisfied that the level of cover is sufficient. As soon as the structure of the
lighthouse became unsound, the visits to it ceased.
Re5erves- the trustees do not consider that there Is a need for a reserves pollcy. The funds of
the charity are being used towards achieving the objectlves of preserving the lighthouse for as
long as possible and allowin8 as many people as possible to visit it.
(4
Peter
enstead
Michael Finney
Nichol
Oakes
Mark Thacker
..2023

Orfordness iighthouseTrust
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 5 April 2022
Balance as at 6 April 2021
£39,477.01
Income
Incoming resources..
Donations
£570.CK)
Balance as at 5 Aprll 2022
£40 047.01
Represented by:
Capital Account
Barclays 8ank account
£40 047.01