2021-12-31-accounts - Ecological Land Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 Jan 2021 To 31 Dec 2021

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Ecological Land Trust

Other names charity is known by

ELT

Registered charity number (if any) 1158032

Charity's principal address Unit 2, Wildgoose Space

228 Mina Road Bristol Postcode BS2 9YP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Leonard Chair Board of Trustees
1
Beighton
2 Oliver Rodker
Holger
3
Westphely
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

CIO Deed Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Trustee Board Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional 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;

The Ecological Land Trust has a relationship with the Ecological Land Cooperative and raises funds for environmental conservation work on the cooperative’s small farm sites.

The trust also receives funds on behalf of the Ecological Land Cooperative. These are held in the Ecological Land Trust’s bank account until they are drawn down by the cooperative. This year there were no funds of this kind received or drawn down.

relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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• The objects of the CIO are:

−To promote sustainable development (as defined in public benefit clause 30) for the benefit of the public by:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

a. the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources;
b. the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic development and regeneration.
−To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large.

The Ecological Land Trust has been engaged in supporting the charitable work of the Ecological Land Cooperative to conserve and protect the natural environment, in the form of additional wind break tree planting on an Ecological Land Cooperative smallholding site. The Trust is holding funds for the development of the Cooperative’s site in Cornwall due to begin in late 2022.

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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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

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Section E Financial review

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The charity does not seek to hold funds in reserve at this time.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

n/a

Further financial review 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.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Sonia Sinanan Full name(s) Sonia Sinanan Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Chair, etc) Date 31/10/21

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Ecological Land Trust 1158032
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 1/1/2021 12/31/2021
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 562.78 400 - 962.78
Grants - - - -
- - - -
562.78 400.00 - 962.78
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 562.78 400.00 - 962.78
A3 Payments
Hosting (office) 1,100.00 400 - 1,500
Windbreak Trees (Arlington) - -
- -
Sub total [ 1,100.00 ] 400 - 1,500.00
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total payments 1100.00 400.00 0.00 1500.00
Net of receipts/(payments) -537.22 0.00 0.00 -537.22
A5 Transfers between funds 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
A6 Cash funds last year end 0.00 24873.39
Cash funds this year end -537.22 0.00 0.00 24336.17
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Section B Statement	of assets	and liabilities at the end of the period	and liabilities at the end of the period
		Unrestricted	Restricted
Categories	Details	funds	funds
B1 Cash funds	In Bank	to nearest £ 3,336 - 3336.17 *Total cash funds*	to nearest £ 21,000 - 21000.00
		Unrestricted	Restricted
		funds	funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details	to nearest £ - - -	to nearest £ - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use			- -
		Fund to which	Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details	liability relates	- - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature Print	Name
	Oli Rodker	Oli Rodker

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CC16a
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Last year
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to the nearest £

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21,361.00
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-
21,361.00
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21,361.00
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2,500
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2,500.00
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2500.00 18861.00 0.00 6012.00 24873.39

Restricted funds to nearest £ 21,000 - 21000.00

Restricted funds

to nearest £ - - -

Cost (optional)

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-
-
Amount due
(optional)
-
-
-
Date of
approval
10/31/2022
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