THE CHURCHILL AND BLAKEDOWN VILLAGES TRUST
Report of t￿T￿lStee forthe yeaitnded 31A Mar¢h2025
The Parish Council as Trustee wesents ieport for rhe yearended 31" March 2025
Reference and administrative informatw)
Chafity Name
The Churchill and Blakedown WillagesTrust
Charity registrat￿ft ntsmber
1163029
Or8anisation type
Charitable Incofporated OrganisatK)n
Governifig document
FoundatiDn CIO, Aegiltered 06 Aug 2015
Registered Office
CIOThe c￿rktothe Parish coun￿1,
c￿rk totheTrust
Louise Harrts, 18 Wind5 PoinL HaK￿Y,
worcestershi￿ DY9 OPN
Auditortothe Trust
George Powell FCC4- Powell & Assotiates,
28-29 New Road, Kidderniinster, DYIO IAF
Banker5 ro iheTrust
Uoyd5 Bank pk. 25 Gresbam StreÈt. london
EC2V 7HN.
StruL*uretgovernante m•nagement
The Trust has a sole corporate Trustee Ithe Parish Cvuncill and ha5adopted Standing Orders paralLel
to those of the Parish Council. cou￿1110r$S1t •sa rnaybagement committeeto represent the Parish
CoLJn¢il as Trusteè.
Mana8ementcommillee
The mernbersof Parish Councll of
Ch￿rth141 and Blakedown
Our purp05e,aim5¥thd •ble¢
The purpose of the(harily is io benefiithe re￿dents of the Parish of Churchill and Blakedown a5 Set
out In the EoverningdocumeTrt registered the CharitiesCommissK)n as summari5ed below..
To promote Such chaTitiesand Iharitable purpo*s accordlng to the lawsof England and
Blakedown, in partitular but not exclusively. purposes concerned with recreation.
conservation artd lotal heritage.
What afe our pem)itted attwities inthe Parish?
Genetal Charitable PurpDses
• EnvironmentitonservatK)nlHerita8e
RecrEation
Who can benefit?
• The General Publiclmarskind
How do we dplwerourobFrtNe5?
PrOV￿e BuildlngSlFacilit￿SIopen space
Our aim is w4ppprove thewellbeing of residents in the ParÈh ihrough general charitable purpose5,
includinE Pr￿1￿%aftd malnrainingfacilities. and to 5UPPOrtother parish organisationswhlch do the
same.

The primaryfocus of oyyworkdurfngiheyear
The Tru5Vs main current arti¥ily is io hold and manage the reconstructed formerchurchill and
Blakedown Signal Boxas è coinmunity a￿et on a long lease from ihe Parish Council a5 a k>cally listed
heritage asset.
The site wa5 maintained Bnd 5upervksed bythe His￿riCal Societyduringihe yearin accordance with
the OccLJpation ￿reEment dated 24, Octr>ber2024. After the busine55 interruption caused bythE
Covid pandemi¢. April 2024 to March 2025 wa5 thethird full yeartrf operation fortht Signal Box.
with the p055ibility of continuiDg to seek rEgular bookings and patterns of use. Throughoutthe yeai
the Historical Society has been veryeffective in continuing to open the Box on two o¢¢asions in
every month forcoffee fflornin85 which aimed w inform visitors aboutthe story of the Signal Bo
stimulate interest in Ihe history of the locality, encoura8e local use of the fa¢ilityaDd r%ular
bookings. and ar rhe same time provide a wekoTning and supportive environment.The5ignal Box
also hosied prwate bookin85foroiher eveThr%throughout the yearahhou8h it has seen a decrease in
the number of private bookins5 fflainty duÈ to a weekty userceasingt0o￿rate.
The VillagesTrust I Parish Council losi a key member under tragiccircumstan￿s duringtheyear but
hi5 pa55ion for the Signal Box lives on in those who have taken over his rok aschairman of Ihe Sygnal
Box careiakergroup, the Historical Soc￿ty. We inrend to dedicate the newwildlife garden atthe
Signal Boxto him and havE a 5ummergrand openin8 in late Sumrner of 2025.
The Wildlife Garden devèlopmentcommenced in Ottober 2024 and involved the removal of an old
piece of fake grass, dY48in8 Out and removal of concrete and imwrting 16 tonnes of tOP5oil. We hid
new benc*￿5 and planters built. a bee post put in and hedgeho8 arches cut out Of the fence gravel
boards. We planted over IIK> native plart5 and reteived donations from a loral garden centre. 70%
of the project cost5forthi5 was funded Natural Ne￿or￿, 3 loca1 grant fflakin8 lnltlat￿e funded
by Worcestershire Couniycouncil and Worce5ter5hireWildlife Trusr. The remaining 30%was funded
bytheTrust itself. We intend to ¢onrinue this project into 2Q25126 with more planti￿ bird bvxes, a
bat box and a hedgehog house being installed and an Interp￿tat￿ts panel supplied to inform local
passers-by of the Earden'sflora and fauna.
There was an increase utility charge5 in theyear malnlydue ￿ the installation of two new Wi-Fi
controlle(I heater5 being in*alled so that we could operatea warm spatr dtsringthe Winter. This
was ¥vell attended and wasfunded largely by the bcal Norman Dawson Trust both ia term50f the
supply and installation of the heater5, a contribution towards the ener8Y COSt5afid some insulation
works. We also replaced an old. unfrt for purpose wooden flooring on the fir5tfloor with a new
engineered wood ftoorin6 thattomplements the environment ni￿￿. this wasa150funded by the
lot31 Norman Dawson Trutt.
During the year in(ome to thèTrusttotslled £5576.32 and outgoingswereÉ64C6.80, showing
deficit of £830.48. T￿Trust has nocreditors and its Reserves balance taken forward ifito 25126 15
£6890.24. The year Saw the cb5ure of the Trust'5 CAFaccount and the opening of è new Lloyds Bank
Trea5urersAcco￿nt so that banking can be carried out locallythroughthe branch and via the post
oifice counter.
How ouraumtlesdellver publicbenefft
The Trust seeksto invO￿e the public in its lotal heritage bycontinuingto hold and presetve the
S*nal Box forcommunity use. tt50therwwers remain available.
Plans forfuture period5
The comrriittee are planDin8 to continuewith the Wildlife Garden proiettand the oppnin6 of it in the
mernoryof the latejim IA the kite summer of 2025. Itwill a150 seekoirt fU¥￿IngforIhe
redecoratK)n ofthe Signal 80x.

Hnand￿ re¥lew
TheTrust h45 its own banktngfacilities.
Signed on beha￿of the
s by..
Date 24° Ju*)e, 2025
IClerktoThe Churchill and Wakedown Villages Trust)

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