Trustees, Annual Report for the period
Period start date
Period end date
12
.. 2024
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Section A
Reference and administration details
Charlty name
The Cameron Bespolka Trust
Other names charity Is known by
Reglstered charlty number (If any)
1156567
Charlty's prlnclpal address
St Giles House
st Giles Hill
Winchester
PostGode
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Names of the charlty trustees who rnanago the charlty
Dates acted11 not for wholo
Offlce (If any
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Nam8 of person {or l)ody) entltled
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Trustsè name
Corinne
Cruickshank
Kevin 8espolka
Megan Bespolka
Nicholas Bespolka
Sienna Bespolka
Nicola Bryant
Clare Talks
Alasdair Robertson
Chair
Resigned 08.10.24
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13
14
15
16
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19
20
Names of the trustees for the charlty, If any* (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name
Dates acted if not for whole
ear
TAR
March 2012

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional informatlon)
of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optlonal Information)
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Descrlption of the charlty's trusts
Constitution
Type of goveming document
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by existing Trustees
Addltlonal governance Issues (Optional Information)
You may choose to include
additional information. where
relevant, about:
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
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
ectlves and activities
March 2012

With this objective, we funded the restoration of Cameron's Cottage in
the RSPB Franchises Lodge nature reserve within the New Forest. It can
sleep up to 19 people and provides a sustainable place where groups of
young people can experien￿ and learn about the natural world.
Since opening in 2022 we have hosted many groups of young people
from all walks of life to stay at Cameron's Cottage and benefit from time
spent in nature. All camps funded were to groups who needed financial
help.
Summary of the maln
activities undertaken for thè
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include withln
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)
We also continue to fund other activities and projects that will enable
young people to enjoy, appreciate and learn about nature, wildlife, and
conservation.
Details of all our work is on our website www.cameronbes
olka.com
Addltlonal detalls of objectlves and actlvltles (Optlonal information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
policy on grantmaking.,
policy programme related
investment.
contribution made by
volunteers.
TAR
March 2012

Section D
Achievements and performance
Cameron's Cottage
In partnership with the RSPB we have had another very busy year
supporting Cameron's Cottage and sending many groups of young
people to stay there.
Summary of the maln
achievements of the charlty
during the year
These opportunities are very important for young people to have
immersive and hands on experience in nature.
In 2024 we funded 14 groups to spend time at the Cottage, either day
visits or residential stays. These groups would not have had the financial
means to visit without our help. We supported the following camps
Winchester Young Carers
Romsey Young Carers residential
Romsey Young Carers family day
New Forest Young Carers
Southampton Young Carers family day
Leaside Trust from Hackney residential
Sparsholt Junior School.
Kingsworthy Primary School, year 5
Kingsworthy Primary School, year 6
Stanmore Primary
Wild New Forest, spring camp
Wild New Forest, autumn camp
BTO Young Leaders camp
Young Writers camp
Details of all our work is on our website w￿v.
meronbes
Other work we supported in 2024
We continued our sponsorship of junior memberships with Hampshire
Ornithology Society. for young people in full time education.
Though our Young Naturalist program we funded 4 projects this year.
This fund is to encourage young people to run their own projects and
create opportunities to connect with other young people and nature.
We sponsored two places at the Cornell bird camp in New York.
We selected the two deserving winners from numerous applications
received.
We are funding a new Young Birders Club organised by Birds of Poole
Harbour. They organise monthly outings, trips and talks to educate and
inspire their young members.
We organised the annual Cameron Bespolka Wildlife Memorial Talk,
hosted by Winchester College. This year's speaker was Holly Budge.
who gave 2 talks 'Disappearing Giants,. One was to 480 primary school
children and an evening lecture to adults.
Details of all our work is on the website www.cameronbes
olka.c
TAR
March 2012

Section E
Financial review
The Trustees have agreed that the Trust will have a cash reserve in the
bank to cover a minimum of 26 weeks of committed expenditure. This
has been achieved.
Brief statement of the
charity's policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financlal revlew details (Optional information)
You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
the charity's principal
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.
The Bespolka family cover all the administrative, marketing and running
costs of the Cameron Bespolka Trust.
The Bespolka family donation made this year covers all these costs as
well as the shop purchases for 2023 and 2024.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Slgned on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s}
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Corinne Cruickshank
esp
Chair
Trustee
Date
(3+/0212025.
TAR
March 2012

## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/ The Cameron Bespolka Trust members of On accounts for the year** 31 December 2024 **Charity no** 1156567 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024 **.** 

- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or 

- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Signed: Date:** 3 June 2025 ~~peste 7~~ **Name:** FJ Wilde ~~Pe~~ **Relevant professional** FCCA DChA **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** 4 Marigold Drive Bisley 

Surrey, GU24 9SF 

## **Section B                           Disclosure** ~~ee~~ 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**October 2018** 

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**IER** 




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|Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a|
|For the period|01/01/2024|31/12/2024|
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## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|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|
|Family Donations|31,057|-|-|31,057|-|
|Sponsorships|29,195|-|-|29,195|37,289|
|Gift aid recovered|827|-|-|827|-|
|Fundraising sales|9,768|-|-|9,768|13,054|
|Interest|6,593|-|-|6,593|2,464|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|(Gross income for|
|-|-|77,440|52,807|
|AR)|[                    77,440 ]|
|A2 Asset and investment sales,|
|(see table).|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|-|-|-|-|-|
|Total receipts|77,440|-|-|77,440|52,807|
|———|
|A3 Payments|
|Cameron Cottage RSPB|-|-|-|-|-|
|Sponsorships|5,018|14,385|19,402|16,299|
|Purchases for online shop|4,692|-|4,692|5,307|
|Event and fundraising costs|-|-|-|1,209|
|IT support|2,807|-|2,807|6,383|
|Admin assistant|5,255|-|-|5,255|4,696|
|Memberships|-|-|600|
|Professional fees|739|-|-|739|714|
|Bank charges|171|-|-|171|150|
|Miscellaneous|123|-|-|123|311|
|Flagstone management fees|131|-|-|131|
|Sub total|[                    18,937 ]|14,385|-|33,321|35,669|
|A4 Asset and investment|
|purchases,|(see table)|
|-|-|-|-|
|-|-|-|-|
|Sub total|[                              - ]|-|-|-|-|
|—|Total payments|—————|18,937|14,385|-|33,321|35,669|
|Net of receipts/(payments)|58,504|-               14,385|-                    44,119|17,138|
|A5 Transfers between funds|-|-                            -|-|-|
|A6 Cash funds last year end|124,789|58,942|-|183,731|166,593|
|Cash funds this year end|===>|183,293|44,557|-                  227,850|=>|183,731|

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~ee~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|
||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Cash account||**27,260**||**-**||**-**|
||Gold account||**59,744**||**-**||**-**|
||Flagstone||**96,289**||**44,557**||**-**|
||**_Total cash funds_**|**_Total cash funds_**|**183,293**||**44,557**||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(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**|Funds held by CAF USA||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Funds held by CAF Canada||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||Stock||**1,163**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print Name|Print Name|||Date of<br>approval|