**To**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1[st] April 2024 31[st] March 2025
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
Gauntlet Conservation Trust
**Other names charity is known by**
1160179 **Charity's principal address** Gauntlet Bird of Prey Vulture & Eagle Park Manchester Road Knutsford **Postcode WA16 0SX** ~~—~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1160179
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Graham Bessant Other trustees 2 Nicholas Gutten ditto 3 Bryan Peak Chairman ditto 4 Malcolm Twist ditto 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** n/a
**TAR**
March **2012**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser **
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**n/a**|||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Trust deed Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by other trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
The Trust works closely with Gauntlet Bird of Prey Eagle and Vulture Park
- 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**
1. To promote the conservation and protection of birds of prey and their habitats both in the UK and worldwide. 2. To advance the education of the public regarding all aspects of birds of **Summary of the objects of the** prey, particularly the part they play in the ecological balance of the **charity set out in its** environment. **governing document**
**TAR**
March **2012**
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Undertaking fundraising activities to support the payment of grants to other organisations and individuals who work with birds of prey. In particular:
the sale of wristbands, special events (e.g. vulture awareness day)
Fundraising events to support volunteer work with vultures in South Africa
**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.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
The primary source of regular income is the sale of wristbands at both the Gauntlet Birds of Prey centres – Knutsford and in Knowsley Safari Park. Income from this source was up slightly on last year.
This year, we were fortunate to receive a large legacy donation which enabled us to support a major project at Vulpro in South Africa. The charity also received donations from supporters and organised a successful fundraising event, meaning that the charity has still been able to effect significant grants.
Money has again primarily been targeted to vulture conservation in South Africa through the provision of “poison kits” and the support of volunteers at Vulpro – the SA vulture charity.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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**Section E Financial review** As a grant giving trust, there is no need to maintain any specific level of **Brief statement of the** reserves as grants are considered and awarded according to funds **charity’s policy on reserves** available. **Details of any funds materially** n/a **in deficit** ~~_—_~~ **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include The trust does not have any investments. 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. ~~_L~~ **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)** Bryan Peak **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 26/09/2025
**TAR**
March **2012**
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**Gauntlet Conservation Trust 1160179 Gauntlet Conservation Trust 1160179 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 ~~ee ee ee ee~~
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Wristband sales|**7,499**||**-**||**-**||**7,499**||**6,382**|
|Donations|**54,379**||**-**||**-**||**54,379**||**2,434**|
|Bank compensation|**150**||**-**||**-**||**150**||**-**|
|Vulture awareness day|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Fundraising|**1,688**||**-**||**-**||**1,688**||**681**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**63,716**||**-**||**-**||**63,716**||**9,497**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_ 63,716**
**-**
**-**
**63,716**
**9,497**
~~——_————~~||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Cost of wristbands|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,050**|
|WishingWell|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Grants - vultures|||**-**||**66,488**||**66,488**||**5,790**|
|Grants - other|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**575**|
|Fundraisingcosts|||**-**||**617**||**617**||**492**|
|Vulture breeding|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Sundries|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Gauntlet staff|||**-**||**769**||**769**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**67,874**||**67,874**||**7,907**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**-**
**-**
**67,874**
**67,874**
**7,907**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**63,716**
**-**
**- 67,874**
**4,158**
**-**
**1,590**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**7,033**
**-**
**-**
**7,033**
**5,444**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**70,749**
**-**
**- 67,874**
**2,875**
**7,033**
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|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|||1||||||10/11/2025|
|**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**
Natwest
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,875**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,875**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
B Peak
N Gutten|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||Agreement Error|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||B Peak|26/09/2025|
|||N Gutten|26/09/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
10/11/2025
2
CHARITY COMMISSION
I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Gauntlet Conservation Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
31" March 2025
Charity no
{if any)
1160179
Set out on pages
1 and2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 31103124.
Responsibilitles 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 carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5){b) of the Act.
Independent 11 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 de
ete
he words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
John Gracie
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
- e/a¥
Address:
6 Briar Close
Knutsford
WA16 6TL
IER
Oct 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conrn
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidan for examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wlshes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018