THE CHURCHILL AND 8LAKEDOWN VILLAGES TRUST
Report ofthe Trustee for the yearended 31° March 2026
The Parish council.s0￿TrUStee. presents its repDrtfortheyearended 31" March 2026..
Relerence and 8dmlnlstthlve lTrformatl
Charity Name
Thechurchill Blakedown VillaBe5Tru5t
Charity wistratlon number
1163029
Oryanlsation tyPE
Charltètqelncorporated Organlsatbn
Governing document
00. Regthred 06Aug 2015
Re8i5tered Offke
cIOTheC￿rkt0Ihe Parish Council,
C￿k totheTrutt
louise Harris, 18 WindsPoin¢ Ha￿e¥
w(rterth￿e DYgOPN
Bankers ￿theTrUSt
Uoyds BankF4c, 25 Greshamstieet, LondDn
EC2V7HN.
Structure. 8¢weman￿and m?na8ement
TheTru5t ha5a sole wrporateTruSteÈlthe Parish Countill and ha%adoptÈd 5tsndI￿ Order5 parallel
to thoseofthe Parlsh Countll. Councllk>rssfta5 a managementcomrnlttee to represenithe Parlsh
Council asTrL%tee.
Mana8ementcommlttee
Membersof the Parish Counc51 of Churchlll
6nd Blakedown
Our puTroso, *m5 and oblertlvp5
The purpD5eof theCharityistobenef¢the reS￿lents0f the ParK5hof Churchilland Blakedown asset
Out irFthÈgDvEtningd￿um￿Trt rewstered wth tharities Commission as Sumtnari5td bÈlDw'.
To pramote such Iharitie53nd charitable purptssE5 atttsrdin¥tothe13w5af En¥l3nd
Wales Insuch waysasthe Trusiees Shall think fit in ihe Ciwl Parishof Churchill and
tsIake￿. bth notexclu5wetyJ pJrpo5e5 conEerned with re{reat￿Tr. rorb5ei¥ation and local
herrtage.
Whaiare ourpem)knedactMtlÈs Inthe Parfsh?
• General ChaTitsble Puwses
. Envlronmenvconservat￿nIHerrtase
. Re[￿at￿n
Whocan bEDefft?
.TheGpneral public/Manki￿1
Howthlwe dÈlwer ouroblett￿esP
• Provkle BuildingslFacilitleslOpen Space
Our alm isto Improve the wellbelngof resldents Inthe Parish throu8h8eneral chariiable purrp)ses.
illduding prov￿1￿£ and maintainingfacilitw. and tOSUPPOrt othErPari5h organi5ation5 which doth
58me.

THE CHURCHILL AND BLAKEDOWN VILLAGES TRUST
The ptlmaryfotus tslourwork durln8 theyear
The Trusysmaincufrentacbvity 15 to hDld Tnanagethe recDll5ttucted farnprchurchill and
Blakedown &gnal Box asa communityassetona 9￿Year ￿sefrOM the pa￿S￿ Coutlcil as a loolly
listed herit%ea55et.
The sIt￿waS maint4ined superwsed byt1* SwetyduriDgtheyear In accordancewth
the Occtspation AgrÈemÈnt datEd 24" Octhber2025èlthtsugh notice had been 8Nenthai the
H15torica15ocietywould lo￿ as of 31. December2025 due toa lack of S￿￿5￿￿e¥01uThteÈts.
Afterthebusiness inierruption caused by the Cowd ￿ndemIC. Aprll 2025to Marth 2026wa5the
thirdfull yearof operationforthe &gDal 8ox. 5incethedeath of the chal￿ban of theHlstoilcal
5oclety In Marth 2025, the Hi5ttsri£al 50t￿ty Ina reduced tapacity,wa5 Yeryeffets￿e in (y)niiDuing
to open the Bax on two ocrayons in every monthforcoffee momingswhich aimed to infom)visitors
about the storyof the S￿nal Bts&siimulaiÈ interest in the hiStDryofthe lotality. encourage local use
of the facility and reguLir bookin8s, and aithesarne tirne providea welcoming and Supportive
enwTonmEnt. TheSEEnal &Dxa15a hasted private boakingsforothereventsthroughoth the￿r
although it hasseen a decrease In thenumberof pri￿te bDokingsand has nDtbeEn abletfj ￿1n
regularweekly u5erasWa5 had in prevw)u5years bya kxa15ewngdu
TheTrust a rnemorial event lorihe latejim Longin the new wildlifegarden durlngthesummer
of 2025, for cbsÈ famityand friends, arKlfDmi&ltydÈdicatEd the8ardènto his natne.
TheWildlrfeGarden development cornmen￿ in onober 2024with phase one and phèset¥¥O
cantinued inthe 5urnmerof 2025 with mDre plantin& bird boxe5. a bat boxand a hedgehoghouse
being Installedand an Interpretation pa￿1 5LppI￿ to infom local passers-byof ÈardÈn'5 flor
andfaun3. Again. 70% of the projeEt E051w3sfunded by Natural Network5. a local 8rant making
Initiative and the ￿Main1Th$ 3￿w3sfunded bythe Trust itself. The projett is now Eomplete. andthe
garden is maintained regulèrty bya coniracror apwnted byiheTrustand supywted at times bytwo
n£ standing¥olunteerswtrK)wereheaVl￿ wlth EstakAlshIngt￿￿eWEardÈrt.
We CDntinuedtooperwteawam Spare dUri￿the winter.Th￿Wa5￿ell attended and theenergy
cost5 werefuTrded bythe lttal Norman Oawson Tru5l.
Despitethefoldingof thÈ Historital sDc￿tyatthÈend of 2025,the TTU5t h35a team of dedicated
lUntee￿ who look afterthe5￿￿al Boxand continueto runthe coffee morni￿5 on the
Iong5t3ndingstheduleoftwire perTnanthsenrin8 homernade rakes and refre5hmentsforwhich a
small charge is rnadeand donationsare receNed foTthe upkeepofthe bDx.
The Historfcal SodetydoThated thelrdosingfundsof£3298tothe TNst rlngFertedfarm8inten4￿e
with a Single Spend limitof E250.forwork such as8arden maimenance and windowcleaninL not
extendingto proiECtwOrk5.
DufingtheyEar intametotheTtU5ttot3llEd £4.59).03 i￿lUdingthe{￿n￿t￿Thfr0fflthe HL5tori(al
SLKietyand a grant frorn the NorniaD Dèwson Trust. Outgoiws were£5118.55,shtiwn8 a defitit of
£528.52.TheTrust hasvocrediior5 l15Re5erVe5bala￿etsken forward imo26127 Is £6361.72.

THE CHURCHILL AND BLAKEDOWN VILLAGES TRUST
How guf •rtMtles dellver publk beneflt
TheTru5tseeksto involve the public in its local heritage bycontinuir¥to ￿kJand preservethe
Sl8nal Boxfortomrnuntyu5e. ltsother w¢ts*tnain availakAe.
Plans for future pe¥lod5
Inthe tutrentyear, CDnvetsatioTr5￿II continue atTrL4tmÈetifw around ideas asto hDw iDtome
be genera￿d and 8rartappllcatlonswlll be madefor*unds to decorate the tox. We are also
Iwkingatwaysin whichcost5can be reduced. i.e. removalofthe broadbandfaciltywhich coMsihe
Trust££￿pawth little us*_
Fbnanclal revlew
TheTruStcontlnuÈSto have its own banklngfècllliles and uses Lloyds Banksothat deposits Ean bÈ
made at the local w Offi￿ and is iThthe proce55 in the currentyearof registeringwith 5umUp so
that we can ofFer payment5 bycard at roffEe tllQMjllg5.
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Date23 JU￿ 1026
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