**Trustees’ annual report:** Period end date: **31/12/23** ## Period start date: **01/01/23** ## Charities Name: **Manchester and District Beekeepers Association** . Charity Number: **1159052** |**Objectives and Activities.**|| |---|---| |Summary of the purpose of the
charity as set out in its governing
document.|To advance and encourage the understanding of bees; beekeeping and the
practice of good beekeeping for the public benefit.| |Summary of the main activities in
relation to those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular, activities,
projects or services identified in the
accounts.|Our main activities for the public benefit are to:
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promote and exemplify good practice in the management of healthy
honeybee colonies
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ensure that association members have access to appropriate and relevant
information and training regarding honeybee health and safe beekeeping
practices including information on pollinators and their place in an ecosystem
that includes honeybees
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offer training and ongoing support for new/novice beekeepers including the
placement of apiaries and the issue of over foraging a given area
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offer short “taster” session on beekeeping for the public
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staff visitors centre based in Heaton Park, opened once each week 48 weeks
of the year, offering information on honeybees and native pollinators
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deliver teaching and talks for schools, local social groups and organisations
working with the public about bees and pollinators to encourage a wide
interest and knowledge of pollinating insects including native bees
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facilitate student research projects into honeybees and native pollinators
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provide a point of contact for local people concerned about honey bee
swarms
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act as a point of information and contact for beekeepers and the public about
possible incursions byAsian Hornets as and when necessary| |Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission onpublic benefit|The trustees are aware of the Charity Commissions guidance on “public benefit”
and have given due regard to it in their management of the association| ||| |**Additional information(optional)**|| |Contribution made by volunteers|The association is run and maintained by volunteers. This includes all training
and the management and maintenance of a large training apiary. In addition,
volunteers’ cover the weekly opening of the Dower House visitors centre to the
general public. As an association we are entirely reliant on the good will and
energy of our volunteers.
Over the course of this year the association has identified ways to encourage
volunteering. The novice training course now includes an element about how
important volunteers are to the association and the benefits it delivers to
individuals. The role of the volunteer coordinator has been changed and more
effective data base of volunteers developed.| ||| |**Achievements and Performance**:|| |Summary of the main achievements
of the charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s work has
made to the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider benefits
to society as a whole.|•
audit of the impact the training apiary has on local population of native
pollinators undertaken, findings indicate that forage adequate for both
honeybees and native pollinators, however, the audit indicated that habitat
for native pollinators was limited in the immediate area around the apiary
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honeybee health in the training apiary has improved and testing for
common diseases continues it indicates Nosema levels have reduced| - novice training, both theory and practical, has been delivered and 65 people accessed and completed the training; during the course of the practical sessions approximately 50 people attended for two and a half hours weekly over a 10-week period - training for improving beekeepers was attend by 8 people over 6 weeks - training was delivered to Grant Thorne employees and 11 people attended - • two half day taster days were offered to the public, 31 people attended, both courses were fully booked and well received - the visitor’s centre was opened as planned and 2308 visitors were record over the course of the year - several swarm concerns were logged by the association, two originating at the visitor’s centre and as a result a small number of swarms were collected locally, advice was given where it was not possible to safely collect a swarm - • association volunteers offered support visits to schools, social groups and other public organisations including other beekeeping associations - two students were supported during the year, both attending local Universities - information via national media was offered by association volunteers about swarms and general bee/pollinator issues twice during the year - • the association has a trustee named to coordinate a response to Asian Hornet incursions and has purchased first response equipment |**Additional information(optional)**|**Additional information(optional)**| |---|---| ||**Future plans:**
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maintain and improve bee health within the association and the teaching
apiary; investigate the development of Hygienic Behaviour in honeybees as a
mean of disease control. (This will follow up on research undertaken by a
PhD candidate from Salford University)
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maintain & extend the training and education programmes to include more
short taster sessions on beekeeping for the public
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investigate holiday playscheme sessions about honey bees, native pollinators
and local eco systems
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assess the current face to face teaching and learning to ensure that it meets
the needs of new (novice) and more experienced beekeepers
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introduce WhatsApp forum for new beekeepers which will be accessible to
them for 12 months after initial training, this will be supported by
experienced beekeepers
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introduce training for members interested in becoming local swarm
collectors and encourage them to register with the association so that we can
offer support to the public when requested
•
investigate the development of a group of experienced beekeepers to act as
a first defence against Asian Hornet incursions in the locality
•
continue and extend information sharing with teachers, schools, park staff,
social groups and the general public about caring for native bees and the
needs of native pollinators
•
encourage more beekeepers to undertake BBKA examinations, specifically
the Basic Beekeeping certificate
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develop an identified area for native pollinator habitat, this to include
signage and information for thepublic about the eco system and insects| Signed: 19[th] February 2024 C A MacLeod. Chair of Trustees M Green. Treasurer Public# **Charity Name No (if any) Manchester & District Beekeepers' Association 1159052 Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date **To from** 01-Jan-23 Period end date 31-Dec-23 ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **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 £** ||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**11,238**
**1,162**
**15,323**
**10,579**
**6,946**
**7,768**
**30**
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**53,046**
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**53,046**
**14,705**
**803**
**981**
**859**
**311**
**1,211**
**5,462**
**59**
**334**
**2,288**
**552**
**845**
**2,674**
**6,883**
**7,918**
**1,006**
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**47,141**
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**-**|**11,238**
**1,162**
**15,323**
**10,579**
**6,946**
**7,768**
**30**
**-**
**53,046**
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**53,046**
**14,705**
**803**
**981**
**859**
**311**
**1,211**
**5,462**
**59**
**334**
**2,288**
**552**
**845**
**2,674**
**6,883**
**7,918**
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**47,141**
**5,905**||| |Subscriptions includingBDI|**11,238**|||||**10,369**| |Donations|**1,162**|||||**2,875**| |Equipment sales|**15,323**|||||**17,854**| |Gift shopsales|**10,579**|||||**7,737**| |Honeysales|**6,946**|||||**6,337**| |Teachingcourses|**7,768**|||||**9,610**| |Advertising|**30**|||||**38**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**53,046**|||||**54,820**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**54,820**| |||||||| |Equipment costs|**14,705**|||||**14,480**| |Gift shopcosts|**803**|||||**1,528**| |Newsletter,Post,Stationery|**981**|||||**390**| |Bee disease insurancepremium|**859**|||||**885**| |Donations andgifts|**311**|||||**-**| |Education|**1,211**|||||**1,109**| |BBKA Capitation fees|**5,462**|||||**4,776**| |Garden|**59**|||||**-**| |Social Events / raffles|**334**|||||**255**| |Teachingcourses|**2,288**|||||**2,590**| |Paypal and Sumupfees|**552**|||||**599**| |Travel expenses|**845**|||||**157**| |Equipment and other costs for Dower
House|**2,674**|||||**1,500**| |Equipment and other costs for Apiary|**6,883**|||||**8,950**| |Equipment and consumables for
extraction room|**7,918**|||||**1,151**| |Dower House Insurance|**1,006**|||||**829**| |Examination of accounts|**250**|||||**250**| |**_Sub total_ **|**47,141**|||||**39,449**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**39,449**| |||||||| ||**5,905**|**-**||**5,905**||**15,371**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**53,630**|**-**||**53,630**||**38,259**| ||**59,535**|**-**||**59,535**||**53,630**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 19/02/2024 1 Public# |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Credit with Sumup
Bank
Petty cash
Credit with Paypal
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**to nearest £**|||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**491**||**-**|**-**| |||**5,339**||**-**|| |||**52,484**||**-**|**-**| |||**1,221**||**-**|**-**| |||**59,535**||**-**|**-**| ||||||OK| ||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**When due**
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approval| |||**Christine Ann MacLeod**|||**19/02/2024**| |||**Michael Green**|||**19/02/2024**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 19/02/2024 2 Commercial in Confidence ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Manchester & District Beekeepers’ Association **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2023 **Charity no** 1159052 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** Form CC16a pages 1 and 2 (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 / 2023** . - **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:** 19/02/2024 **Name:** Naomi Povey **Relevant professional** CPFA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 5 Newland Way Nantwich Cheshire CW5 7JH ## **Section B Disclosure** 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** 1 **IER** Commercial in Confidence **Give here brief details of** No matters to report **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**