2025-03-31-accounts - Cactus

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

01 April 2024

Period end date

31 March 2025

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1160944 Charity's principal address North Down Farm

CACTUS

Yeoford Devon Postcode EX17 5EU

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	WILL CAMPBELL- CLAUSE
	PHILIPPA CAMPBELL- CLAUSE
	ROBERT STEVEN HUGHES
	DAVE BOOKLESS
	ESTHER CHEW
	TIMOTHY GORRINGE

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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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

CONSTITUTION Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

APPOINTED BY TRUSTEES Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

N/A 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

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In accordance with the Christian principles referred to in the Statement of Faith and with a commitment to theological reflection, the Object of the CIO is to advance the education of the public in the Summary of the objects of the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural charity set out in its environment. governing document

This year has been spent developing resources and teaching Christian groups in order to advance the education of the public in conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. We have done this by:

Working closely with a small number of churches in creation care implementation
- Teaching at various churches across the South West - Planning and teaching a course for ordinands at Trinity Theological College
Summary of the main - Planning and delivering our largest open educational event yet activities undertaken for the (which then happened in June 2024) public benefit in relation to - Developing our Cactus branding and networking with other these objects (include within groups in order to expand the reach of our work this section the statutory - Being involved with and speaking at two Harvest Festivals in declaration that trustees have Devon had regard to the guidance - Planning three 20-minute ‘Food and Faith’ educational videos. issued by the Charity Commission on public All these activities above have been focused on fulfilling our charitable benefit) objectives.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Given the many areas we have been investing in this past year with our Cactus work, it has become clear that we need to put more time into fundraising for the charity’s work to develop and thrive. We have, thus far, been relying a huge amount on voluntary work, particularly the time and effort of the two founders, Pip and Will Campbell-Clause.

In view of this, and in light of the positive feedback and demand for the educational events we are offering, we plan to try and raise money to pay a part-time Project Manager and Educator. We very much hope we will be able to secure funding for this role, as the positive educational impact is likely to be significant and far reaching.

We would like this Project Manager and Educator to plan, deliver and monitor a series of education events over the next two years, aimed at encouraging, inspiring and shaping the church in caring better for creation and caring better for our neighbours.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Many people (between 400-500) have been engaged through the courses, events and teaching we have delivered this past year through Cactus. We have been able to measure this as we received excellent feedback from participants.

We are being invited to speak at churches more regularly and there is an appetite for more of the events we have out on – particularly events similar to the large ‘Taste and See’ day we organised at Windout Farm in Devon in June. This consisted of three main teaching sessions, a panel discussion, group discussions and a feast of local produce, accompanied by a lunch time concert with songs that helped to illuminate the event themes.

The Harvest Festivals we spoke at were also received very well, with churches requesting us to journey alongside more intentionally them in implementing the creation care actions. There is a need for more pastoral support for churches to grow in this area and we hope to be able to offer more support to church communities who are wanting to engage deeply with this part of Christian discipleship.

The ‘Sustaining the World’ course we delivered at Trinity College Bristol was also well received. Students engaged deeply and the feedback was very positive. Some of the theology students requested field trips to farms to enable them to reflect theologically on farming and eating practices, as well as the just distribution of food to the hungry. We hope to be able to offer onsite visits and learning for theology student groups like this.

Another area we have been working on is developing video resources to serve church groups. We have been planning three videos, each approximately 20-minutes in length, that churches can engage with in their communities. We hope that the reach of these videos will be far and wide and make a significant impact.

We have also been working on our branding and our website, so that we can appeal to a wider variety of people and hopefully engage more of the public with these important Christian discipleship themes. This will hopefully broaden the reach of the charitable work, and seems to be effective, since we are now receiving enquiries from further afield.

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Section E Financial review

n/a

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially n/a in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The main source of income has been through specific grants and by You may choose to include individuals giving to the charity this year. We received a grant from additional information, where Posbury Trust to support the event we delivered in June 2024 and we relevant about: received a grant from Jerusalem Trust to support us to create some short • the charity’s principal teaching videos to be used by interested groups. 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	W Campbell-Clause	RS Hughes
	WILLIAM CAMPBELL-CLAUSE	ROBERT STEVEN HUGHES
	TRUSTEE	trustee
	30/06/2025
	30/06/2025

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Cactus 1160944 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 To from ~~SS~~ 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 £ £ A1 Receipts - - - - One off gift via Stewardship 34 - - 34 - Monthly giving 2 200 - - 2 200 - Interest 6 - - 6 - Jersualem Trust grants 4 000 - - 4 000 - Posbury Trust 1 000 - - 1 000 - Church Harvest gift 100 - - 100 - Tickets and Donations from June Event 441 - - 441 - Sub total (Gross income for 7 781 - - 7 781 AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~==~~ - ~~====~~ - Sub total - - Total receipts 7 781 - - 7 781 - ~~—————~~ A3 Payments Teaching and preparation of materials by project coordinator 3 900 - - 3 900 - Prezi annual subscription (to be noted in next years accounts) - Squarespace website annual subscription (to be noted in next years accounts) - Poster design for Event 50 - - 50 - Music for event 100 - - 100 - Catering for event 401 - - 401 - Deposit to film-maker 600 - - 600 - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total [ 5 051 ] - - 5 051 - ~~==gnn=E~~ A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total [ - ] - - - - Total payments 5 051 - - 5 051 - Net of receipts/(payments) 2 729 - - 2 729 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 1 544 - - 1 544 - ~~———~~ Cash funds this year end 4 273 - - 4 273 - CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Donations plus dividend, minus spending RS Hughes Signature W Campbell-Clause	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4 273 - - - - - 4 273 - OK 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 WILL CAMPBELL-CLAUSE ROBERT STEVEN HUGHES	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
W Campbell-Clause	WILL CAMPBELL-CLAUSE	30/06/2025
RS Hughes	ROBERT STEVEN HUGHES	30/06/2025

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