**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2021 **To** 31 03 2022 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** World Heritage UK **Other names charity is known by** WH UK **Registered charity number (if any)** 1163364 **Charity's principal address** World Heritage UK c/o The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire **Postcode TF8 7DQ** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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FoundingChair||| ||Gillian Clarke|Secretary||| ||Jane Gibson|||| ||Max Bryant|||| ||LesleyGarlick|||| ||Don Gobbett|||| ||David Holroyd|||| ||Graham U’ren||From April to December|| ||Stephen Ratcliffe|||| ||Justin Scully||From December 2021|| ||Jane Masters||From December 2021|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods The Trustees are elected by the membership - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **To promote the conservation and protection of the UK’s World Heritage Sites for the benefit of the public, defined as those places considered by the United Nations Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) as having such Outstanding Universal Value that they warrant being inscribed on the World Heritage List through the powers of the international Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, 1972, in particular but without limitation to the following:-** • **Supporting for the benefit of the public the development of** March **2012** **TAR** 2 **World Heritage Site nominations for the UK’s Tentative List Sites, defined as Sites on the UK Government’s official Tentative List for nomination for World Heritage Status;** - **Advancing the education of the public in general in respect of the significance and values of the UK’s World Heritage Sites and Tentative List Sites, as defined above;** - **Undertaking effective advocacy at all levels for the joint benefit of the UK’s World Heritage Sites and for the World Heritage Convention;** - **Facilitating and encouraging networking between organisations and individuals that play a role in the management of the UK’s 28 WH Sites, and Tentative List Sites (as defined in the objects) be that at the Site, agency, NGO, government, corporate or individual level, for the collective benefit of the Sites’ management. This may involve: bringing people together; sharing good practice; exchanging information;** - **Dissemination of information;** - **Undertaking joint project and initiatives;** - **Providing a platform for partners to access the UK World Heritage Community;** - **Linking internationally, where appropriate, and** - **Promoting the UK’s World Heritage Sites, in collaboration with key partner agencies, to a national and international audience so as to allow more people to experience the Sites in ways that are appropriate to their different situations and pressures, and which enable the general public to better find out about, experience, access and enjoy them.”** March **2012** **TAR** 3 **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)** In April 2021 we saw the beginning of the easing of the Pandemic restrictions on numbers meeting together and social distancing. WH UK remained pragmatic and cautious however and continued to hold all meetings on-line. Board meetings continued regularly as well as general and network meetings. .In spite of these restrictions WH UK has been able to build on its stated aims of Advocacy, Learning and Engagement and Promotion of World Heritage ideals. At all times the Charity Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. The NHLF funded resilience project which started in 2020 has been completed with all the deliverables achieved and is a good example of the fund providing vital and timely support. The revised website re - presents the World Heritage of the UK. It provides a members sectionenabling improved interaction and networking between member ~~s.~~ The Business Plan in particular highlighted ways to improve the efficiency of the organisation and as a result we have appointed a General Manager, a post with enhanced responsibilities building on the previous post of the Operations Director. The Resilience Project has also resulted in an increase in the breadth of the organisation and to cope with the expanded activity new sub committees have been set up dealing with Risk and Resources, Events planning, and Funding opportunities. Our links with other related organisations in the field of world heritage have been strengthened. In February a Memorandum of Understanding between WHUK and ICOMOS UK was signed, an action designed to improve collaboration and avoid duplication. Our newsletter has been a great benefit in this period of restrictions on meeting and has been continued on a regular basis. It not only informs readers of World Heritage news but also brings together news from other relevant sources including the Heritage Alliance, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions and the Royal Town Planning Institute. Professional development has continued with the important and successful series of member-focused Co-ordinator meetings. These ensure that Site managers can keep in touch with colleagues and share best practice. These meetings are supported by regular attendance of representatives from the national heritage agencies, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the UK National Commission for UNESCO who all helped to keep us up to date with the latest high level information from their perspectives. A total of four such meetings were held during the year, interspersed with open meetings. We held three webinars during the year. In May Dr David Jaques, a landscape historian and conservationist who was instrumental in revising the Unesco criteria to include cultural landscapes, presented a lecture titled The Changing Nature of World Heritage Designed Landscapes’. Feedback was positive with some 40 attendees. March **2012** **TAR** 4 The summer meeting explored the very topical issue ‘Reopening of WHSs to New and Existing Audiences’. The meeting was supported by the Lake District National Park Authority and hosted by Steve Ratcliffe from the Lake District and WHUK Board. Speakers included representatives from Derwent Valley Mills, the Wordsworth Trust and the National Trust. WHUK is very grateful to the help and support from Mairi Lock and Jamie Lund from the Lake District. The main event of the year was the ambitious three-day Conference on ‘Climate Change and World Heritage (September 21-23). It was supported by Cadw and Heritage Environment Scotland. Speakers were informative and varied, presenting on the climate emergency at all levels. We are grateful to the Climate Change group chaired by Don Gobbett (Board member) and Chris Mahon (Operations Director). A meeting of WH Steering Group Chairs was held in November and our President, Chris Blandford, is now planning to approach some of the Chairs individually to potentially recruit them as influential ‘Champions’ for World Heritage UK. WHUK also supported and contributed to Newcastle University’s “World Heritage and Peace” project. Work on advocacy and promotion of World Heritage with Government is still a priority, but it has been difficult to engage with the focus still on Covid issues. We look forward to resuming faceto-face meetings which can be much more productive. Finally, we are currently seeking to spread our membership outside the immediate heritage interests. WHUK secured funding from ’Steps to Sustainability’ a NHLF funded project to research potential new audiences from within defined sectors, in particular of tourist boards, local enterprise partnerships and the Universities.  ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 5 World Heritage UK would not survive without the volunteer effort of the Trustees and the President. We do not currently give grants You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 6 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** World Heritage UK has continued the aim to promote the conservation of the UK’s world heritage sites through education and advocacy. Outreach and networking with Site co-ordinators has been maintained and enhanced by organising on-line meetings dealing with technical matters, and engagement with the national heritage agencies. Our open meetings have covered a broad range of topics, from Climate Change and its impacts on heritage, the place of designed landscapes in World Heritage, and the issues arising from greater numbers visiting World Heritage sites following the strictures of the pandemic. Resulting from the NHLF Resilience project we have a more streamlined organisation. A General Manager has been appointed and a comprehensive Business Plan is in place. We have an improved website and overhauled the accounting systems to be more efficient. March **2012** **TAR** 7 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** We aim to hold £15,000 in reserves at the end of each financial year **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include 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. ## **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)** Tony Crouch **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 07 December 2022 March **2012** **TAR** 8 World Heritage UK Accounts l April 2021- 31 March 2022 Independent examlne¢s report to the Trustees of World Heritage UK I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of World Heritage UK for the year ended 31 March 2022. Responslbllltes and basls of report As the charity trustees of World Heritage UK you are responsible for the preparations of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l- I report in respect of my examination of the Trustee's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying Out my examinations I have followed all the applicable Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. Independent examlTher's statement I have completed my examinations. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attentlon in connettion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 111 accounting records were not kept In respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act. or 121 the accounts do not accord wlth those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examlnation to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned Andrew Chappell - FCA Chappell Assoclates Ltd Chartered Accountants Wesffield House Bratton Road Westbury Wiltshire BA13 3EP 2410612022 World Herltage UK In¢ome & Expenditure Account l Awil 2021- 31 Marth 2022 2022 2021 Income Subscriptions Historic England Hlstofic Environmental Scotland Cadw Meeting support Conference income Meeting income Miscellaneous Donations Gift Aid on donatlons Interest receivable WH.'UK rewew Charitable Actiwties I WHUK Map Membershlp fee 2022-23 NLHF Resilien￿ grant Restricted grant Iwebsltel Heritage EmerBency Fund Grant Cultural Recovery Fund Grant 28,183 27.506 2,5CKI 2.297 176 703 794 135 20 175 16 2.142 630 io.c 23,3fy) 15,030 108.982 1,670 $0,605 Exp•Trdlture Staff costs Recruitment Board member and meetlng expenses Volunteer appreciation Conference expenditure Meeting expenditure Insurance and accountin8 Marketing and publicity Office expenses Other professional expen Membership Chèfitable Activitie5 Research Agenda Miscellaneous Bank charges World Heritage review NHLF Resilience Grant Heritage Emergency Fund Grant Cultural Recovery Fund Grant 35,983 14,0 550 87 19 1,5 144 595 20 759 773 2,318 1,335 575 706 205 75 70.6 23,467 16.310 126.636 1.871 46,702 Surplus I IDefi¢ttl for the period 117,6541 World Herltage UK Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022 Current Assets Sundry Debtors Cash at Bank Payroll creditor5 Totsl Net A55ets 33,916 19331 32,983 29,080 29.080 Accumulated Fund as at l April 2021 Surplus / (Deficit) for the Year 29.080 3,903 32.983 46,735 117,6551 29,080 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 31.073 1,910 32,983 28,450 630 29.080 For the year in question, World Herltage UK wa5 entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. The trustee5 have not required World Heritage UK to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act. The trustee5 acknowledge their responslbllltles for Complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2CK16 wlth respect to accountlng records and the preparation of accounts. Slgned Date: I&￿?-1@22 Trustee Name: Clkn L CLAY Slgned Date: Trustee Name: rnds Signed Date: S/io/22 Trustee Name: Treasurerfs Report l April 2021 to 31 March 2022 1.0 Introduction World Heritsge UK is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI and was registered with the Charity Commission (charity number 1163364} on I September 2015. This report details the Income and Expenditure Account from l April 2021 to 31 March 2022. An Independent Examiner's report has been carried out by Andrew Chappell FCA MIMgt of Chappell Associates Ltd as required by the Charity Commission for those charities with gross incomes greater than £25.Cth per annum. Trustees as of 31 March 2022 Max Bryant Gillian Clarke Isecretary) Tony Crouch (Chair) Lesley Garlick Penelope Jane Gibson Don Gobbett David Holroyd Jane Masters (Appointed December 20211 Steven Ratcliffe Sam Rose (Treasurer) Justin Scully IAppointed December 20211 Graham U'ren {retired December 20211 lan Wray Ivice-chair) 2.0 Income and Expendlture Account from l Aprll 2021- 31 March 2022 Income World Heritage UK is heavily reliant on its members for its income. The Board of Trustees is pleased that World Heritage UK retained all but one of its Voting Members during 2021122. This reflects the work undertaken in the previous year to review its membership scheme and provide the infrastructure such as the revised website and members area to demonstrate value for money and relevance to those working to support World Heritsge Sites in the UK. Unfortunately. the removal of Maritime Liverpool from the World Heritage List at the 44th World Heritage Committee in June 2021 meant that Liverpool City Council did not renew its membership of World Heritage UK. 2.2 The continued restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2021-22 and the uncertainty these caused meant that all events remained online. Income from events therefore remained low compared to pre-pandemic levels although this was offset by the lower cost of holding events online. The accounts for 2021-22 include £11.670 of grants which were the final payments of the Cultural Recovery Grant1£1,6701 and National Lottery Heritsge Fund Resilient Heritsge Grant I£IO,(K)01. Most of the expenditure to which this relates was in the previous financial year. The Trustees of World Heritage UK recognises that it needs to diversify its income streams and is working in 2022-23 on strategies to Irnpr¢￿e this situation. Expenditure The majority of expenditure relates to staffing and administration costs of the small team that carry out the work of World Heritage UK. In addition to this over 700 hours of professional level volunteer hours are given by the members of the Board to support the work of the Trust which would equate to an additional £35,1)X) of staff time using National Lottery Heritage Fund rates. Other costs are kept to a minimum and regularly scrutinised by the Trustees to ensure best use.of its members resources. Balance 2.6 At the end of the financial year 2021-22 WHUK held totsl funds of £33,916. £1,910 of whlch are held as restricted funds as subscriptions paid in advance for 2022-23. 3.0 Reserves Policy The Trustees of World Heritage UK have reviewed their financial commitments and have agreed to hold a reserve sum of £15,CKXI. At the time of writing, this is the equivalent of approximately S months of core operating costs. In the event of an unexpected105s of Income or the trustees determining that WHUK is no longer 3 going concern, this sum would provide the funds to continue paying the monthly operating costs until either the CIO is wound up or alternative sources of fundin8 are found. Sam Rose Treasurer Approved by the Trusttts sig￿￿. Tony Cro Chair Date: 2 AugLtst 2022 APPENDIX I List of Members as of 31 March 2022 World Herits e Site Blaenavon Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace Cante￿U Member Organisation /Name Torfaen Coun Borou h Council Blenheim Palace West Oxfordshire District Council Canterbu Council nedd Council Bath and North East Somerset Council Cornwall Council of Membership Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Castles of G Cit of Bath Cornish Minin Cornish Mining/Jurassic Coast Derwent Valle Durham WHS Old and New Towns of Edinbur Flow Count rrent3tive Site) Fountsins Abbey & Studley nedd Devon Coun Council Derb shire Coun Council Durham WHS Votin Votin Votin Edinbur hci Council Peatlands Partnershi Votin Votin National Trust National Trust The Gibraltsr Museum Great S s of Euro Votin Votin Votin Votin Giants Causewa Gorham's Cave Com Great S as of Euro Frontiers of the Roman ire.. Hadrian's Wall Ironbrid e Gor Ironbrid e Gor Jodrell Bank Jurassic Coast Kew Lake District Lake District lex Carlisle Ci Council Ironbrid e Gor e Museum Trust Telford & Wrekin Council Universi of Manchester Jurassic Coast Trust Ro al Botsnic Gardens Kew Lake District Park Authori National Trust Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Maritime Greenwich Neolithic Orkne New Lanark New Lanark Pontcys Ilte Pontc Ilte Greenwich WHS Orkne Island Council New Lanark Trust S Lanarkshire Council Canal and River Trust Wrexham Borou h Council City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Shetland Ameni Trust Snowdonia National Park St Geor e's Foundation National Trust for Scotland Wiltshire Council Historic Royal Palaces Westminster Ci Council Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Saltaire Shetland rrentstive Site) Slate Indust St Geor e's Bermuda St Kilda Stonehen e & Avebu Tower of London Westminster Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin Votin APPENDIX I Giants Causeway Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust ICOMOS UK Port Sunlight Village Trust Wirral Council Acheson Adams Adie Allen Andrews Antonia Bisht Blake Blandford Blockley Boden Broadhead Brooks Brough Buchanan Butler Clarke Crouch Davies Davies Garlick Gibson Gilbertson Gobbett Gooch Goode Hall-cossgrove Herve Holroyd Hurlow Lee Lund MacBean A550ciate Organisation Associate Organisation Associate Organisation Associate Organisation Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Metnber Individual Member Coralie Ruth Bailey Anne Charlotte Liz Shailja Peter Chris Marion Deborah Stephen Mary David Mike Gillian Tony Sue Meirick Lesley Jane Barry Don Janice Jonathan Brandi lan David Michael William Robert Jamie John Lesley Stephanie David Peter Mona Henry Barrie Clare Maclnnes Martin Metcalfe Metcalfe O'Rourke Owen John Pennington Poulter APPENDIX I Christopher Andy Sam Dawn Russell Pound Raeburn Rose Routledge Rowley (Severn Gorge Trust) Shoebridge Simmonds Taylor Thomas Tiplady U'ren Welfare Wokersien Wray Cadw Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Individual Member Observer Sarah Cameron Beth Paul Graham Humphrey John lan DCMS Observer Historic Environment Scotland Observer Historic England Natural England Observer Observer