## **Oxfordshire Geology Trust** 

Email: contact@oxfordshiregeologytrust.org.uk 

## AGM 24[th] July 2025 

## CHAIR’S REPORT for the year 2024-25 

Our mission remains: 

## **CARING FOR OUR LANDSCAPE AND GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE** 

Oxfordshire Geology Trust (formerly the Oxfordshire RIGS Group) was founded in 2000. OGT is a non-profit making organisation with two primary objectives: 

**1. To protect and conserve geological sites and our landscape** : 

   - Working with landowners we protect locally important sites through surveying and then designating them as Local Geology Sites (formerly known as RIGS - Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites), which can then be protected through the planning process. OGT has designated over 60 sites within the county. 

## **2. To raise awareness of the county's rich and varied Earth Heritage and geology** : 

The only way that sites can be protected is if people believe that they are worth protecting. OGT oversees a series of projects and undertakes events at raising awareness both within local communities and in partnership with other organisations of the geo- importance of these sites. 

The Geology Trusts is a national umbrella organization for Geo-conservation and Earth Heritage, providing a forum in which its members share ideas, develop best practice and organize inter-county projects and collaborative work with other conservation organisations. 

OGT has: 

- Continued to maintain its links with organisations, including other GT’s, Geo-conservation UK, Natural England, the Geologists’ Association, and within the County with OCC (Library Service and Primary Schools), TVERC, BBOWT, Friends of the Lye Valley (FoLV), the Woodeaton Liaison Group and the Lower Windrush Valley Project (LWVP), plus working with the County and District councils on geo-conservation enquiries related to planning applications and Viridor (Ardley). 

- Remains committed to support and deliver an outreach programme compatible with Primary School KS2 and Home-Schooling programmes in Oxfordshire. 

- OGT, via Exec Member Andrew Bayliss (County Library Service) has been instrumental in successfully arranging ‘Fabulous Fossil’ sessions and temporary displays in libraries. 

- OGT attended the GA’s Festival of Geology at Burlington House, London in November 2024. 

- Presented a display at Abingdon Museum in March (part of the Atom Festival) and will participate in events at Wallingford Museum. 

- The Chair offers his sincere thanks to Mr Brian Smith (for reviewing our accounts), and the OGT Executive in supporting and organising events during the past year, and to all OGT members and supporters who have attended our events. 

- Successfully introduced a series of monthly talks (GeOX) in association with the OUMNH (commenced Feb 2025) held in the Westwood Room at the Museum.  Many thanks to Duncan Murdock and OUMNH staff for staffing and facilitating these events with OGT’s Nina Morgan. 

- Congratulations to committee member Nigel Banks for the publication of two papers on local geology in the Proceedings of the Geologist’s Association, and Nina Morgan for the Witney Radio science and natural history interviews (listen on www.wrfm.co.uk/on-air/podcasts/science-on-the-radio/. 



A brief breakdown of activities since our last AGM 

**Summary of key OGT organised and participated events since the July 2024 AGM** 

|**Date**|**Location**|**Title**|**Event type**|**Organisation**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**2024**|||||
|July 17|Faringdon|AGM|Members Event|OGT|
|August 2|Faringdon|Faringdon Play<br>Day: Fun with<br>Fossils|Family Event|OCC|
|August 3|Stonesfield|Rocks and Fossils<br>of Stonesfield|Geo-walk|OGT|
|August 17|Carterton Library|Fantastic Fossils|Family Event|OGT|
|August 26|Shipton-under-<br>Wychwood|Fantastic Fossils at<br>Shipton Fair|Family Event||
|September<br>21|Wallingford|Fantastic Fossils at<br>Wallingford<br>Museum|Family Event||
|October 9|Rock Edge,<br>Headington|Coral Reefs of<br>Oxford|Headington<br>PreparatorySchool|OGT|
|November 2|GA Festival of<br>Geology|Burlington House,<br>London|Public Event|GA|
|November<br>13|Kirtlington & Hook<br>Norton|GCG AGM<br>Conference field<br>trip|Members event|OUMNH & OGT|
|**2025**|||||
|February 13|GeOx: Conodonts,<br>DM|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|March 15|ATOM Festival|Abingdon Museum|Family Event||
|March 18|GeOx: Gravestones,<br>NM, PP|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|March 25|Ardley,|Cleaning dinosaur<br>trackway|Consulting,|Viridor|
|April 11|Bampton|Fantastic Fossils|Family Event|OGT|
|April 12|Carterton|Fantastic Fossils|Family Event|OGT|
|April 15|GeOx: Wheatley, NB|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|April 26|Wittenham Clumps|Geo-walk|Family Event|OGT|
|May 19|GeOx, Arkell, OG|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|May 28|Hook Norton|Geo-walk for the<br>Stonesfield<br>Megalosaurus Soc|Club members|OGT (Geo-week event)|
|May 31|Burford|Geo-walk|Family Event|OGT|
|June 17|GeOx, Marine<br>Geology, AW|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|June 20|Chipping Norton|Geo-walk|Family Event|OGT|
|July 12|Wheatley|Geo-walk|Family Event|OGT|
|July 21|GeOx Climate<br>Change, SR|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|**July 24**|**AGM**||**Public**|**OGT**|
|August 19|GeOx|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|September 6|Adderbury|Geo-walk|Family Event|OGT|
|September 9|GeOx Blockley, AB|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|September<br>20|Wallingform Museum|Fantastic Fossils|Family Event||
|September<br>25|Rock Edge,<br>Headington|Fossils and Coral<br>Reefs of Oxford|Headington & Rye<br>Prep School|OGT|
|October 28|GeOx, Dinosaurs, EN|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|
|November 1|Festival of Geology|GA Assoc<br>members|Public Event|GA|
|November<br>18|GeOx Military<br>Geology, OG|OUMNH|Public Lecture|OGT|



Events indicated in red to be confirmed and reported on at the AGM in 2026. 

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## OXFORDSHIRE GEOLOGY TRUST 

## AGM July 2025 

TREASURER’S REPORT for the financial year 2024-25 

## **Balance sheet** 

The end-year balance totals £13,487 compared to £14,217 the previous year. 

## **Income and expenditure account** 

Our financial ledger, invoices and statements for the year have been independently checked by Dr Wilbur Venus, whose help is gratefully acknowledged. 

Our income of £615 included a donation of £100 for Shipton-under-Wychwood Fair and also donations totalling £131 from the GeOx talks. 

Expenditure was £1,345, including £792 for rent of a storeroom and £296 for insurance costs. Expenditure exceeded income by £730. 

Both income and expenditure were more or less in line with last year’s projections. 

## **Projected cash flow 2025-2026** 

Both OGT income and  expenditure (based on ongoing commitments for rental, insurances, etc.) are likely to be similar to this years, again resulting in a budget shortfall. 

If this anticipated budget shortfall comes from our accumulated existing funds, it will leave an end-year bank balance of around £12,757. 

T.L.Jenkins OGT Treasurer 



## **Balance sheet for year ending March 31st 2025** 

|**Current  Assets**|||
|---|---|---|
|OGTbank account|13,487||
|Petty cash|0||
|||£13,487|
|**Current Liabilities**|||
|Accruals|0||
|||£13,487|
|**Financed by**|||
|Balancefromprevious year|£14,217||
|Deficit thisyear|-730�|<br>£13,487|



## **Income and Expenditure for year ending March 31st 2025** 

|**Income**|||
|---|---|---|
||||
|Consultancy|||
|Donations|230||
|Sales|384||
|Other|||
|||£614|
||||
|**Expenditure**|||
|Rent|792||
|Insurance|296||
|Professionalservices|72||
|Memberships|185||
|Purchases|0||
|||£1,345|
|**Excess of Expenditure over**<br>**Income**||£730|



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