Chairs Report - St Dennis & Nanpean Community Trust AGM 2021
We are made up of 11 trustees who volunteer their time and commitment. We have 2 Cornwall Councillors (due to the change in parish boundaries), 4 Parish Councillors from St Dennis, 1 Parish Councillor from St Stephen in Brannel, 3 St Dennis residents and 1 from other parts of the area of benefit, which covers the whole of St Dennis and Nanpean Electoral Division. We currently have resident trustee vacancies and there is an agenda item where we can explain the role of a trustee.
Over the past two years we have revised our objectives to the following:
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To promote the preservation of health of people living in the Area of Benefit.
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To assist in the provision of recreational facilities for the people living in the area of benefit in the interests of social welfare who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity, disablement, financial, social or economic circumstances have need of such facilities with the object of improving their condition of life.
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To promote the protection and improvement of the environment in the Area of Benefit.
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To promote sustainable development: sustainable development means “development which meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
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To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time. Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not exclusively charitable purposes for the public benefit.
It has been a difficult time due to the covid pandemic however trustees continued to carry out their work meeting via zoom.
Over the past two years have still looked at 26 applications during this time and funded 18 of these totalling £299,103.94. The projects vary from a community newsletter to a VE celebration event - which has not yet been held due to covid!!
The Trust may need to do some promotional work to encourage community groups to apply to the Trust to help the residents of the area.
Unfortunately, CRCC are no longer able to carry out our administration on behalf of the Trust, however, we have now employed Sharon Davey as our administrator on a self-employed basis, have our own laptop so emails go through without any hitch, a mobile phone to take all calls and the bank statements now go directly to our registered office. So, everything is running smoothly within a very short period of time.
As with many organisations we have had a few changes of Trustees and now have the pleasure of welcoming Mr Dick Cole as the new Cornwall Councillor for the new St Dennis and St Enoder electoral division and Mr Mike McLenning as the St Stephen in Brannel Cornwall Councillor covering St Stephen, Nanpean and Treviscoe electoral division.
Our Treasurer has re-located closer to her workplace and we now have Mrs Jennifer Burnett as a new Trustee and our Treasurer.
So, we have had several changes, but I can assure you we are going forward as a strong Community Trust.
I would like to finish by saying thank you to all those who helped from the Trust and to all trustees both past and present for their dedication and commitment.
St Dennis and Nanpean Community Trust- CLAYTAWC Bank Reconciliation to 31st December 2020
Opening Balance 616320.12 Funding Received 25471.46 15488.20 25836.68 21320.61 28782.18
116899.13
Grants paid out 1000.00 100000.00 1782.00 20689.04 51086.40 12540.00
| Trust Costs Balance C/F 733219.25 Balance as per statement: Less: Unpresented Chqs: No.67 12540.00 0.50 386.40 CRCC 516.00 CRCC 72.00 Balance C/F |
187097.44 7083.47 194180.91 539038.34 733219.25 0.00 552553.24 13514.90 539038.34 |
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St Dennis and Nanpean Communlty Triist Profit and Loss Account for the period to 31st Decernlxr 2020 Meetlngs Legal & Professional Fees Insurance CRCC Printlstationary & Post Website Bank Charges Sundrles 105 2.417 180 3,852 371 iio Profftl Unused Allow•fice 12.917 ACCOUNTANTS REPORT I have examined the records ofthe above named fund. and In my oplnlon, the accounts hereby certified are in accord therewith and truely adequately represent the transactlons of the fund. DATEO THIS 2ts- DAYOF 2021 Rowedowrick Assoclates 7 Trenowah Road Bethel St Austell PL25 3EB Ms C O Dowrick MAAT e presented to the trustees................... Treasurer