## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 09/04/2020 Period start date To 08/04/2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley**
## **Charity registration number:1163812**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To discover, enjoy and protect the**
**Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of**
**Outstanding Natural Beauty.**
**To assist in the safeguarding and**
**improvement of its amenities for the**
**benefit of the public, either alone or with**
**others with the same related objectives.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Visits, walks and lectures for members,**
**also open to the general public, relevant**
**to the protection and sustainability of the**
**special landscape of the AONB. These**
**activities have necessarily been fewer in**
**number in 2020/21 because of the**
**requirement to adhere to Government**
**regulations on Covid 19.**
**The charity continues to publish a regular**
**newsletter for its 200 plus members and**
**this is also circulated more widely. It also**
**has its own website and Facebook page.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are fully aware of Charity**
**Commission guidance on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Charity is committed to using a**
**proportion of its funds to support**
**projects of benefit to the designated**
**landscape of the CR and DV, Potential**
**projects have been identified and are**
**under active consideration. Also see**
**“other” below.**|
|Policy on social investment|Para 1.38|**The Charity is a shareholder in the**
**Corwen Electricity Cooperative on behalf**
**of the AONB. The donated asset**|
|including program related
investment||**comprises 4000 shares with a nominal**
**value of £1 each.**|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Charity is run entirely by volunteers**
**but freely acknowledges the help and**
**support it receives from the AONB’s full**
**time staff.**|
|Other||**A grant has been awarded to the AONB to**
**carry out environmental improvements at**
**Moel Famau, financed from a gift from a**
**member and allocated in accordance with**
**his specific wishes.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Through its newsletter and website,**
**members continue to gain a much closer**
**understanding of the AONB and the**
**importance of its designated protected**
**landscape status.**
**The full programme of events has**
**unfortunately been restricted in 20/21**
**because of the public health emergency**
**but will be reinvigorated when**
**circumstances permit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Charity’s financial position is sound**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity does not have a reserve fund,**
**but Trustees agreed that a minimum of**
**£3000 be held in its current account,**
**subject to ongoing review in the light of**
**prevailing circumstances.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The Charity benefitted initially from an**
**establishment grant from the AONB’s**
**Sustainable Development Fund.**
**Its principal source of funds is members**
**subscriptions, deliberately set at a**
**modest £10 per annum (£12 if not paying**
**by direct debit).**
**We are now registered for Gift Aid.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**No immediate risks identified**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Model Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Demonstrable commitment to the**
**Charity’s objectives. Approved by**
**members at AGM.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Member of both Denbighshire and**
**Flintshire Voluntary Services Councils**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Close working relationship with the**
**Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB,**
**which is managed by a Joint Committee**
**of the three constituent County councils**
**– Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1163812|
|Charity’s principal address|C/O Loggerheads Country Park
Loggerheads
Denbighshire
CH7 5LH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Julie Masters|Chair|||
||Christine Evans||||
||Neville Howell|Events Secretary|||
||TonyKing||||
||Robert Moore||||
||Helen Roberts||||
||John Roberts|Secretary|||
||Mike Skuse||||
||Mike Smart||||
||Nick Ward|Treasurer and
MembershipSec.|||
||Ron Williams||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Residual amount (£ 642) of donation of £10k from member
Michael Ross to be spent on specific improvements on Moel
Famau.|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|Responsibility of the Treasurer to manage, subject to
regular reporting to Committee of Trustees|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**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**|||
|---|---|---|
||Julie Masters|John Roberts|
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Chair||
||31/1/22||
||31/1/22||
**Charity Name No (if any) Friends of Clwydian Range & Dee Valley**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **To** 4/9/2020 4/8/2021
**For the period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Subscriptions / donations from members 1,903 - - 1,903
Share interest from Corwen Electricity 440 - - 440
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
2,343 - - 2,343
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 2,343 - - 2,343
A3 Payments
1. Printing, postage, stationary - - - -
2. Event expenses 30 - - 30
3. Website development - - - -
4. Web hosting 14 - - 14
5. Public liability insurance - - - -
6. Prizes, donations, projects - - - -
7. Translation - - - -
8. Membership of other organisations - - - -
9. Miscellaneous - - - -
Sub total [ 44 ] - - 44
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 44 - - 44
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,299 - - 2,299
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 5,367 625 - 5,992
Cash funds this year end 7,666 625 - 8,291
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
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|**Categories**|**Details**|||**funds**|||**funds**|
|||||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|
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|**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,666**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**625**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|||OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||||**Restricted**|
|||||**funds**|||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**|||**to nearest £**
**-**|||**to nearest £**
**-**|
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|**-**
**-**|
|**-**
**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|Donated shares in Corwen Electricity|||**n/a**|||**-**|
||Cooperative (4000no with nominal value £1)|||||||
|||||||
|**-**
**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|||**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||||**Amount due**
**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**||||||
|**-**
**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|||Print|Name||
||||||Julie Masters|||
||||||Nick Ward|||
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CC16a
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Last year
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**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
Date of approval 1/31/2022 1/31/2022