2024-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1st April 2023 31 March 2024 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse CIO

Other names charity is known by

1158719 Charity's principal address Leasowe Lighthouse Lingham Lane, Moreton Common Wirral Postcode CH46 4TA ~~ee~~

Registered charity number (if any) 1158719

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Janet Belton	Chair		Board Of Trustees
Kenneth Harper	Trustee		Board Of Trustees
John Robert Steel	Trustee		Board Of Trustees
Vilja Jane Gatrell	Trustee		Board Of Trustees
Stephen Cumberlidge	Trustee		Board Of Trustees
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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

Type of governing document

Constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Association

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by Trustee Board

(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;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A HISTORIC BUILDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE WIRRAL AND SURROUNDING AREA.

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

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)

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

Section D Achievements and performance

The Lighthouse continued with public open days providing educational Summary of the main heritage tours to visitors during during 2023 and into early 2024. achievements of the charity Support from the public remained steady. during the year

Section E Financial review

To maintain a basic reserve to allow all operating costs to be supported despite variations in visitor numbers and use for events during the year.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	J.Belton	S.Cumberlidge
	Janet Belton	Stephen Cumberlidge
	Chair	Trustee
	28/1/2025
	28/1/2025

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