## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021** **Charity name: Friends of Milkhope** **Charity registration number: 1165150** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|The objects of friends of Milkhope are:
1. For the public benefit to promote the education (including social
and physical training) of young people, in particular school pupils
in Northumberland and surrounding counties
2. To help young people in Northumberland and surrounding
counties, especially but not exclusively through leisure time
activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to
full maturity as individuals and members of society.
3. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Northumberland
and surrounding counties and the surrounding area the provision
of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of
individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their
youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social
and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the
interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the
Condition of life of the said inhabitants| |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.|Management of an outdoor centre called Milkhope farmhouse,
Kidland forest, Alwinton, Northumberland. Organisation of
educational visits for young people and community groups in the
north east.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|All Trustees informed at the AGM June 2020.| ## **Achievements and Performance** |||| |---|---|---| ||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.|
Continued increase in the number of young people and
members of the local community who have taken part in
a residential experience.

Continued increase in the number of Astley CHS staff
and students using the facility.

Increased number of subsidised places offered to Pupil
Premium students at Astley CHS to enable them to
participate in residential experiences.

Significant improvement in facilities both indoor and
outdoor. Solar panels, new batteries, new wood store,
refurb of generator byre.

Gaining a stable financial footing to include contingency
funding in the event of unexpected emergency spending
which may be required.

Improved links with a variety of local groups.

**Milkhope was temporarily closed due to lockdown 23**
**March 2020 and access has been very limited until**
**March 2021.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|£20,603.29 Credit in account, largely due to 4 grants received
and inability to access Milkhope to do any planned works.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|The Friends of Milkhope attempted to create a “buffer” of
approximately £2000 in contingency funding in the event of
unexpected events limiting access to the centre.| |Amount of reserves held|£2000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:|| |---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Articles of Association| |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|Appointed by AGM selection process. Reviewed June 2020| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Milkhope| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1165150| |Charity’s principal address|Astley Community High School
Elsdon Avenue
Seaton Delaval
Northumberland
NE25 0BP| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**wholeyear**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Graham Scott|Chairperson||| ||Alan Dennis|Maintenance
Manager||| ||Jan Robinson|Secretary||| ||Jackie
Laszczewski|Fundraising
Manager||| ||Ian Knight|||| ||Ian Brown|||| ||Paul Air|||| ||Doris
Kaczmierczak|||| ||Trevor Scott|||| ||Andrew Donald|Finance||| ||Chris Ord|||| ||Jonathan Scott||Added 15/01/2022|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Graham Scott|Alan Dennis| ||

Chairperson|| ||31st January 2021|| ||31st January 2021|| ## **FRIENDS OF MILKHOPE ACCOUNTS** Registered Charity: 1165150 # **1 APRIL 2020 - 31 MARCH 2021** |**Date**|**Description**|**Income**|**Expend.**|**Balance**| |---|---|---|---|---| |31/03/20|
CarryForward from 2019-2020|||£ 5,652.02| |||||| |06/04/20|
Alan Dennis(Mattresses, Postcrete, Gas)||£ 283.83|£ 5,368.19| |17/04/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 15.98|£ 5,352.21| |19/05/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 5,335.79| |08/06/20|Northumberland CountyCouncil Small Business Grant(Covid-19)|£ 10,000.00||£ 15,335.79| |08/06/20|ForestryCommission Rent(1 June - 30 November 2020) _Inv: R0006669_||£ 600.00|£ 14,735.79| |17/06/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.44|£ 14,719.35| |10/07/20|
Jamie Watson(Dep21-23 Aug) **Refund**|-£ 50.00||£ 14,669.35| |20/07/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.52|£ 14,652.83| |09/08/20|Trade Point(paintingmaterials)||£ 65.37|£ 14,532.33| |09/08/20|
Alan Dennis(Covid cleaningmaterials)||£ 55.13|£ 14,597.70| |09/08/20|Lord Tool Hire(Hole Borer)||£ 95.52|£ 14,436.81| |09/08/20|
Adelle Hicks(Dep26-28 May) **Refund**|-£ 50.00||£ 14,386.81| |10/08/20|
Ian McDuff**Refund**|-£ 50.00||£ 14,336.81| |10/08/20|
Claire Burn**Refund**|-£ 50.00||£ 14,286.81| |10/08/20|
Phil Pygall**Refund**|-£ 100.00||£ 14,186.81| |19/08/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 14,170.39| |14/09/20|Northumberland CountyCouncil(Astley) (Van Hire)||£ 71.41|£ 14,098.98| |17/09/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.50|£ 14,082.48| |22/09/20|Trade Point||£ 183.30|£ 13,899.18| |19/10/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 13,882.76| |18/11/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 13,866.34| |09/12/20|Northumberland CountyCouncil Small Business Grant(Local Restrictions)|£ 1,334.00||£ 15,200.34| |14/12/20|ForestryCommission Rent(1 Dec 2020 - 31 May2021)Inv: R0008274||£ 600.00|£ 14,600.34| |17/12/20|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 14,583.92| |29/12/20|
Alan Dennis(tools, taps, trailer)||£ 477.57|£ 14,106.35| |11/01/21|Pure EnergyRenewals - Generator Service||£ 288.00|£ 13,818.35| |20/01/21|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.45|£ 13,801.90| |27/01/21|Northumberland CountyCouncil Business Grant(National Lockdown)|£ 6,239.21||£ 20,041.11| |---|---|---|---|---| |08/02/21|B&Q Financial(TradePoint) (Screwfix £64.01 + B&Q £12.45)||£ 76.46|£ 19,964.65| |07/02/21|
Alan Dennis(Various)||£ 136.47|£ 19,828.18| |07/02/21|
Alan Dennis Reimbursement Correction from 06/04/20 Ikea Mattresses|£ 200.00||£ 20,028.18| |12/02/21|Zurich(Insurance 05/04/21-04/04/22)||£ 434.87|£ 19,593.31| |17/02/21|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.42|£ 19,576.89| |25/02/21|
Kevin Rhodes(Trailer Repair/Service)||£ 140.00|£ 19,436.89| |05/03/21|Northumberland CountyCouncil Business Grant(Feb & Mar 2021)|£ 2,096.00||£ 21,532.89| |18/03/21|DaisyCommunications||£ 16.60|£ 21,516.29| |22/03/21|
Alan Dennis(Various)||£ 913.00|£ 20,603.29| |||£ 19,569.21|£ 4,617.94||