**Charity Name No (if any) LOVE HAMBROOK MARSHES CIO Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 **Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £ A1 Receipts** Donations **10,192 - 10,192 10,829** Grants **14,877 2,610 - 17,487 7,803** Interest **2,592 - 2,592 464 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **[ 27,661 ] 2,610 - 30,271 19,096** ——_=== **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total receipts**_ **27,661 2,610 - 30,271 19,096** = ~~=~~ **A3 Payments** Maintenance **2,165 - - 2,165 3,522** Insurance **161 - - 161 153** Administration **411 - - 411 289** Workshop **2,563 - 2,563 2,549** Contract Kent Wildlife Trust **5,890 2,610 - 8,500 - - - - - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ 11,190 ] 2,610 - 13,800 6,513** = ~~o~~ **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** —SSe _**Total payments**_ **11,190 2,610 -** ~~5=~~ **13,800 6,513** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **16,471 - - 16,471 12,583 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 76,599 - - 76,599 64,016** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ===== **93,070 - - 93,070 76,599**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
12/07/2025
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
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Signature
H Adams|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**41,210**
**51,860**
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**-**
**93,070**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
12/07/2025
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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1.4.2024 To 31.3. 2025**
## **Charity name: LOVE HAMBROOK MARSHES CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1156473**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
The Objects of Love Hambrook Marshes
CIO are: “To protect, manage and preserve
the Hambrook Marshes for the benefit of
wildlife and for the public benefit.” These are
delivered through the following detailed
aims:
1. to ensure that the land remains open,
undeveloped marshland;
2. to ensure conservation of the area
through application of effective land
management;
3. to protect existing vegetation and wildlife;
4. to guarantee controlled public access to
the area, including free access to the cycle
path;
5. to encourage participation of the local
community.|||
|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
The Trustees have continued to manage the
land in conformity with Natural England
requirements to protect and conserve it as
wetland, protect wildlife, ensure continuity of
grant income, and maintain public access.|||
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees, in promoting the objects of the
CIO, have had regard to the guidance issued
by the Charity Commission on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The CIO continues to use the assistance of
volunteers for activities such as litter-picking.
Some maintenance work is also done in
occasional sessions with volunteers
provided by the Kentish Stour Countryside
Partnership.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
This review provides a summary of what has
**----- End of picture text -----**
|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|||This review provides a summary of what has|
|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|been achieved during 2024-25 mapped
against each of the aims.
**AIM 1: Ensure that Hambrook Marshes**
**remain open, undeveloped marshland**
(a) The continuing existence of the
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
ensures that, for the foreseeable future, this
aim will be met.
(b) Site insurance is in place for basic public
liability, and for problems arising from
contamination.
(c) Trustees ensure that the site is managed
as farm land in order to claim the annual
Natural England Basic Payment Scheme to
fund maintenance and infrastructure work on
the site.
(d) The CIO continued to receive funding
from the Natural England Countryside
Stewardship Higher Tier grant scheme on a
year-by-year basis, and the site is managed
to meet the requirements of the scheme to
maintain the site as wet grassland.
(e) The agreement established with the
Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership in
2023-24 functioned well in 2024-25 and
plays an important part in ensuring a
continuing future for the site and its
management.
**AIM 2 Ensure conservation of the site**
**through effective land management**
(a) Cattle were brought in to graze the site in
the summer, as required by Natural England
grant conditions in order to maintain the site
as wet grassland.|
(b) Maintenance work included the renewal and repair of stiles, fences and gates. (c) Hay was cut in summer 2024. (d) Mowing of the riverside and cycle path margins was again undertaken. (e) Clearance of litter continued on a weekly basis. (f) Site maintenance continued to be monitored in according with an annual Inspection Regime and a Calendar of Tasks. **AIM 3 Protect and encourage plant and wild life** (a) One of the trustees who has specialist knowledge of wildlife continues to perform the role of monitoring wildlife habitats and exploring opportunities for environmental improvement. (b) A number of hibernacula were created on the site to encourage reptiles and amphibians. (c) Willow was again harvested by local basket weavers. **AIM 4 Guarantee the existing public access to the site** (a) The agreement with Kent County Council and Canterbury City Council for the operation and maintenance of the Great Stour Way as a permissive path for pedestrians and cyclists continued in place. (b) Permissive public access across the site via footpaths was maintained. **AIM 5 Encourage community involvement in the site** (a) Monthly Newsletters containing updates on all site activities including wildlife reports were circulated electronically and published on the CIO web-site. (b) Volunteers from Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership provided help with scrub clearance. (c) A team of volunteers has continued to provide help with activities which include litter picking and site maintenance. (d) The Charity’s Facebook group is effective in encouraging interest in the site and its flora and fauna among the local community. (e) An arrangement has been made with a local primary school for visits to the site for nature study, and an educational resources pack has been produced.
**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41 See previous section.
objectives set
Performance of fundraising Fundraising is not one of the objectives of
activities against objectives Para 1.41 the CIO.
set
Investment performance Para 1.41 N/A
against objectives
Other
**----- End of picture text -----**
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has sufficient funds to continue
for the foreseeable future which is important
as it is dependent on grants and donations.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to keep a reserve higher
than its annual expenditure as the repairs
and improvements that are needed
periodically are considerable and the income
is limited.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£93,070|
|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|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO|
|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|Trustee vacancies are publicly advertised,
and appointments are made by the existing
trustees. Election to specific roles is by the
votes of the trustees. No new trustees were
appointed in 2024-25.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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**
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Charity name Love Hambrook Marshes CIO
Other name the charity uses LHM
Registered charity number 1156473
Charity’s principal address 34 St Michael’s Place, Canterbury CT2 7HQ
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Jon Winder Chair 1.4.24 – 31.3.25
2 Hilary Adams Treasurer
3 Margaret Love Trustee
4 Richard Norman Secretary
5 Sian Pettman Trustee
6 Paul Roberts Trustee
7 Michael Walter Trustee
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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– 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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **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
## **Other optional information**
N/A
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|R. J. Norman
Hilary Adams|
|---|---|
||Richard Norman
Hilary Adams|
||
Secretary
Treasurer|
||4.7.25|
||4.7.25|
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1.4.2024 To 31.3. 2025**
## **Charity name: LOVE HAMBROOK MARSHES CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1156473**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
The Objects of Love Hambrook Marshes
CIO are: “To protect, manage and preserve
the Hambrook Marshes for the benefit of
wildlife and for the public benefit.” These are
delivered through the following detailed
aims:
1. to ensure that the land remains open,
undeveloped marshland;
2. to ensure conservation of the area
through application of effective land
management;
3. to protect existing vegetation and wildlife;
4. to guarantee controlled public access to
the area, including free access to the cycle
path;
5. to encourage participation of the local
community.|||
|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
The Trustees have continued to manage the
land in conformity with Natural England
requirements to protect and conserve it as
wetland, protect wildlife, ensure continuity of
grant income, and maintain public access.|||
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees, in promoting the objects of the
CIO, have had regard to the guidance issued
by the Charity Commission on public benefit.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The CIO continues to use the assistance of
volunteers for activities such as litter-picking.
Some maintenance work is also done in
occasional sessions with volunteers
provided by the Kentish Stour Countryside
Partnership.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP reference
This review provides a summary of what has
**----- End of picture text -----**
|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|||This review provides a summary of what has|
|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|been achieved during 2024-25 mapped
against each of the aims.
**AIM 1: Ensure that Hambrook Marshes**
**remain open, undeveloped marshland**
(a) The continuing existence of the
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
ensures that, for the foreseeable future, this
aim will be met.
(b) Site insurance is in place for basic public
liability, and for problems arising from
contamination.
(c) Trustees ensure that the site is managed
as farm land in order to claim the annual
Natural England Basic Payment Scheme to
fund maintenance and infrastructure work on
the site.
(d) The CIO continued to receive funding
from the Natural England Countryside
Stewardship Higher Tier grant scheme on a
year-by-year basis, and the site is managed
to meet the requirements of the scheme to
maintain the site as wet grassland.
(e) The agreement established with the
Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership in
2023-24 functioned well in 2024-25 and
plays an important part in ensuring a
continuing future for the site and its
management.
**AIM 2 Ensure conservation of the site**
**through effective land management**
(a) Cattle were brought in to graze the site in
the summer, as required by Natural England
grant conditions in order to maintain the site
as wet grassland.|
(b) Maintenance work included the renewal and repair of stiles, fences and gates. (c) Hay was cut in summer 2024. (d) Mowing of the riverside and cycle path margins was again undertaken. (e) Clearance of litter continued on a weekly basis. (f) Site maintenance continued to be monitored in according with an annual Inspection Regime and a Calendar of Tasks. **AIM 3 Protect and encourage plant and wild life** (a) One of the trustees who has specialist knowledge of wildlife continues to perform the role of monitoring wildlife habitats and exploring opportunities for environmental improvement. (b) A number of hibernacula were created on the site to encourage reptiles and amphibians. (c) Willow was again harvested by local basket weavers. **AIM 4 Guarantee the existing public access to the site** (a) The agreement with Kent County Council and Canterbury City Council for the operation and maintenance of the Great Stour Way as a permissive path for pedestrians and cyclists continued in place. (b) Permissive public access across the site via footpaths was maintained. **AIM 5 Encourage community involvement in the site** (a) Monthly Newsletters containing updates on all site activities including wildlife reports were circulated electronically and published on the CIO web-site. (b) Volunteers from Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership provided help with scrub clearance. (c) A team of volunteers has continued to provide help with activities which include litter picking and site maintenance. (d) The Charity’s Facebook group is effective in encouraging interest in the site and its flora and fauna among the local community. (e) An arrangement has been made with a local primary school for visits to the site for nature study, and an educational resources pack has been produced.
**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Achievements against Para 1.41 See previous section.
objectives set
Performance of fundraising Fundraising is not one of the objectives of
activities against objectives Para 1.41 the CIO.
set
Investment performance Para 1.41 N/A
against objectives
Other
**----- End of picture text -----**
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has sufficient funds to continue
for the foreseeable future which is important
as it is dependent on grants and donations.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to keep a reserve higher
than its annual expenditure as the repairs
and improvements that are needed
periodically are considerable and the income
is limited.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£93,070|
|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|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|CIO|
|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|Trustee vacancies are publicly advertised,
and appointments are made by the existing
trustees. Election to specific roles is by the
votes of the trustees. No new trustees were
appointed in 2024-25.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|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**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Love Hambrook Marshes CIO
Other name the charity uses LHM
Registered charity number 1156473
Charity’s principal address 34 St Michael’s Place, Canterbury CT2 7HQ
**----- End of picture text -----**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Jon Winder Chair 1.4.24 – 31.3.25
2 Hilary Adams Treasurer
3 Margaret Love Trustee
4 Richard Norman Secretary
5 Sian Pettman Trustee
6 Paul Roberts Trustee
7 Michael Walter Trustee
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
**----- End of picture text -----**
– 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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **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
## **Other optional information**
N/A
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|R. J. Norman
Hilary Adams|
|---|---|
||Richard Norman
Hilary Adams|
||
Secretary
Treasurer|
||4.7.25|
||4.7.25|