OrfLYdnes5 U8hthouse Trust Accounts and Trustees, Report For the year ended 5 April 2023
Report of the trustees for the ywr ended S Awil 2023 Orfordness Lighthouse Trust was set up as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and registered as a charity on 12 March 2014 by the Charity Commission under number 1156126. The principal re8iStered address of the charlty is Avocets, Quay Street, Orford, Woodbrid8e, Suffolk IP12 2NN The trustees at the date of this report are: Peter Benstead Michael Finnev Nichola5 Gold John Oakes Mark Thacker The power of appointment of new trustees ts vested in the present trustees. Charitable oblects- For the public benefft to preserve. malntaln and protect the Orfordness Ll8hthouse and its artefacts for its historlc. con5trurtional and arthitectural merlt; or the furtherance of such other charitable purposes as are exclusbvely charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the trustees in their absolute di5cretlon declde, particularly but not èxclusively by the provision of 8rants. By a lease dated 28 April 2014, the lighthouse wa5 leased by Orfordness Llghthouse Company Llmlted to the charity for a term of 10 years at an annual rent of £1. The Income of the charty Is derlved from donations. There have been no changes durlng the year to the objectives of the trust or to the policies adopted In order to achieve those objectives. Review of activities- When the lighthouse was dlsmantled durin8 the summer of 2020 the lantern room and other key artefarts 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 building on a site on Orfordness which would be a memorial to the Ilghthouse houslng the artefa¢ts whlch have been saved. The building would be used for publlc benefft. The plans for the development and funding of this new structure have not yet progressed.
Trustees. policies- Rlsk management - 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 reseries policy. The funds of the charity are being used towards achievin8 the objectives of preserving the lighthouse for as long as possible and allowing as many people as possible to visit it. /tr£ Peter enstead Michael innev Jo Oakes Mark Thacker Dated ............-................. 2024
Orftydness knghthouse Trust Statement of Financial Activities fi)r the year ended 5 April 2023 8alance as at 6 April 2022 £40,047.01 Income Incoming resources: Donatlons £540.00 Balance as at 5 April 2023 £40 587.01 Represented by: Capltal Account Barclays Bank account £40 587.01