Ecological
Land Trust
Annual Report
1st January 2022 to Slst December 2022
Ecological Land Trust
ChaTltable Incorporated Organisation
Charity Number: 1158032
RegisteTed Office: Unit 2, Wildgoose Space, 228 Mina Road. BTlStol
BS2 9YP
Trustees
L Beighton Ichairl
O Rodker
H Westphely
Governance
Governing Document.. Constitution
Date.. 23, January 2023
The Ecological Land Trust has a relationship with the Ecological Land Cooperative
(Community Benetit Society no. 30T70R Tegistered with the FCA under the
Cooperative and Community Benefit Societies Act 20141 and raises funds for
environmental conservation work on the Cooperative's small farm sites.
The Trust also receives tunds 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.
Charitable Aims
"To promote sustainable development las defined below) for the benefit of the
public by
a. the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environrnent
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, enhancernent 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.
Sustainable Development means development which meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs."
Activities
The Ecological Land Trust has been engaged in supporting the chaiitable work of the
Ecological Land Cooperative to conserve and protect the natural environrnent.
The Trust continues to hold funds for the development of the Cooperative's site in
Comwall due to begin in 2023.
The TTUSt received the donation of a fann in CaTmaTthenshire in June 2022 -
Maesgwyn Isaf. The ongoing maintenance and TfLanagement of this farm will be
carried out by the Ecological Land Cooperative.
In Autumn 2022, the Ecological Land Cooperative ran a crowdfunding campaign on
behalf of the Ecological Land Trust. The Trust will use the funds to ensure that the
maintenance and renovation woik at Maesgwyn Isaf is carried out.
The Trust also received funding to carry out ecological surveys at Ecological Land
Cooperative sites in 2023.
The Trustees had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit.
Achievements and Performance
The Ecological Land Trust was effective in its Purpose ol supporting the promotion of
sustainable development as per Its Objects. It did this by securely holding funds foT
the renovation of a farm,. the development of a new farm and the carrying out of
ecological surveys on existing farms. Each of these areas seek to support new
entrants to ecological farming to gain atfordable access to land and to ensure that
ecological principles are upheld in faiming practices.
Finances
The Trust does not seek to hold funds in reserve at this time.
The TTUSt was the recipient of the donation of Maesgwyn Isaf fann in June 2022.
There was a relatively high cash balance at the end of the financial year due to the
lunds raised lor the maintenance and renovation of Maesgwyn Isaf larrn being held
in the account prior to being spent in the subsequent financial period.
Risks
The relationship between the ELT and the ELC has become more complex following
the acquisition of Maesgwyn Isaf. The Trustees and the Directors of the ELC are
working together to ensure greater clarity moving foThvard.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees..
Oli Rodker
th
24 October 2023
**Charity Name No (if any) Ecological Land Trust 1158032 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2022 31/12/2022
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,439**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,439**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,439**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,439**
**-**
**3,336**
**9,775**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**43,571**
**2,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**46,071**
**-**
**21,000**
**67,071**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**50,010**
**2,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**50,010**
**2,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,510**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|**6,439**|||||**963**|
|Grants|**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**6,439**|||||**963**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**
|||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**963**|
||||||||
|Hosting (office)|**-**|||||**1,500**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**1,500**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
|
Farmdonation|**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**1,500**|
||||||||
||**6,439**|**46,071**|**-**|**52,510**||**- 537**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**3,336**|**21,000**|**-**|**24,336**||**-**|
||**9,775**|**67,071**|**-**|**76,846**||**- 537**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/10/2023
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
*Maesgwyn Isaf farm was
donated to us in June 2022 at
£nil cost. We have since
revalued it at £500,000
therefore there is a fair gain of
£500,000.
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Signature
**Details**
Maesgwyn Isaf Farm*
**Details**
Cash in bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
~~2~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**9,775**
**67,071**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,775**
**67,071**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
General
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Oli Rodker|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**500,000**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
||||24/10/2023|
|||||
||||~~31/10/2023~~|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
~~31/10/2023~~
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Ecological Land Trust **On accounts for the year** 31/12/2022 **Charity no** 1158032 **ended (if any) Set out on pages**
**Report to the trustees**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
> **Signed:** A Gray **Date:** 31/10/2023 **Name:** Anne Gray **Relevant professional** AAT **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Kingfisher House, Hurstwood Grange, Hurstwood Lane, Haywards Heath RH17 7QX
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**Oct 2018**
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