## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1st April 2020 **Period start date To** 31[st] March 2021 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Peckham Coal Line ## **Charity registration number:** 1165247 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||| |---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|| ||To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Peckham
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.**|Principle activities in pursuit of the Peckham Coal Line’s
aims and public period during in this period have
included:
Working with stakeholders to bring forward development
of stages 3, 5 and 7 of the Feasibility Study, published
by the charity in 2018, to enact the delivery of the line.
This has included local authorities and developers with
interests along the area of the proposed line.
In line with Covid19 pandemic social distancing
measures engagement with supporters and the
community moved online through a series of salons to
seek input and articulate the benefits of the project,
specifically the development of the Bidwell Street
Entrance to the Kirkwood Nature Reserve.
There were associated hosting costs with these
activities. This included the platform and organisers.
In addition, the charity incurred general operational
overhead costs during the reporting year relating to
website hosting and file sharing. The only income
received through the reporting year was a one-off
donation. The costs were principally funded through
existing reserves.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|The Peckham Coal Line trustees have considered the
Charity Commission’s general guidance on public
benefit and in particular its supplementary guidance on
the advancement of religion for the public benefit.| ||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|The development of the Peckham Coal Line has been
made possible by a team of local volunteers. Thousands
of hours of time since the idea’s inception have allowed
the Peckham Coal Line to be where it is today.
The Peckham Coal Line does not currently employ any
members of staff.| ## **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.||| |---|---|---| |||The feasibility study (funded and commissioned by the
charity) was published in June 2018 and is available via
this linkon the charity’s website (in full and summarised
version).
The key findings from the study is that the project is
feasible and will benefit the local community (and
indeed the wider society) in 6 key ways:
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Connectivity (walking and cycling route)
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Heritage
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Community (demonstrating how communities
can work together)
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Greening the city (connecting pockets of nature
across the line)
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Innovation and local prosperity (creating new
workspaces and connecting two local high
streets)
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Health and Wellbeing
The charity’s achievements during the 2020-21 year
Including adapting an evolving engagement so as to
keep stakeholders connected despite challenging
social distancing. The trustees were focused on:
**1. Working towards the first phases of delivering**
**the Peckham Coal Line Project.**
The charity’s main project during the year related to the
Stable yard site. This formally derelict site forms a key
part of the Peckham Coal Line’s “low line” route, lying
immediately to the south of the railway tracks, and was
acquired in 2019 by property developers.
The Trustees used power of the Coal Line’s network of
supporters to influence the local authority and the site’s
developers (and the local authority) to amend the plans
so that the development was more closely aligned with
delivering the benefits of the Coal Line, and was in
keeping with the charity’s principles of inclusion and
environment. Late 2021 the project was delivered
successfully and this success demonstrates the
support the charity enjoys, and hence its ability to
influence key stakeholders.
There was regular on-going engagement with
stakeholders at Southwark Council the Greater London
Authority regarding funding and support for delivering
phases of the line, notably between Bidwell Street and
Queens Road Peckham.
In addition, the charity helped drive improvements to
the western entrance to Kirkwood Nature Reserve.| Southwark Council invested in, organised and delivered Peckham Coal Line community generated designs to make the space more accessible and welcoming. The work is ongoing and phase 2 of this should was started later in 2021. The charity initiated discussions with the new owners of the site at the western end of the Coal Line, off Rye Lane, that is currently used as a scaffolding yard. This is a large site, meaning the design and future use of the land will be critical to the viability of the proposed highline route of the Coal Line. 2. **Community engagement** In 2020, Covid 19 restrictions shifted our community engagement online. We have continued our newsletter and in September we held an online poll to establish what residents would like included as part of the stable yard landscaping – edible planting and kitchen garden are now included in the scheme being delivered later this year. At the start of 2021 the organisation carried out a tender process to appoint firm of architects/engineers to open Bidwell Street to Queens Road (stage 7). Public participation and engagement was provided through a series of online ‘salons’ hosted by Jason Page and the ‘South London Salon’ ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| ||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|At the end of the period the financial position of the
Peckham Coal Line was represented by a cash balance
of £3,971.01.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Retain sufficient balances to cover operational
overheads, for example relating to the website and third
party insurance| |Amount of reserves held|£3,971.01| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|The Peckham Coal Line remains a small charity with no
fixed and only a few, modest operational outgoings. All
subsequent payments will be covered by existing funds.| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the|The charity is a going concern, as it is in the Trustees’
opinion that reserves are sufficient to cover expected| ||| |---|---| |charity continuing as a
going concern|costs for the forthcoming years. Any major further
expenditure, such as on capital projects, would be
dependent upon further fundraising or grant receipts.| |**Additional information**|| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|The Peckham Coal Line did not fundraise during the
year. This is because the charity’s activities were
focused around influencing developers and
stakeholders, which did not incur any cost. As a result,
the charity did not raise any other new funds but relied
on reserves carried over from 2019/20.
Since the end of the reporting year, the charity
continues to negotiate the disbursement of grants
totalling £150,000 awarded by Southwark Council and
the Greater London Authority to facilitate the creation of
a new footpath and cycle link between Bidwell Street
and Queens Road, thus delivering the eastern end of
the Coal Line. These grants have not been released by
the authorities and we are still in negotiation.| **Structure, Governance and Management** |**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**| |---|---| ||| |Description of charity’s
trusts:|| |Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|The Peckham Coal Line has a Constitution document| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|The Peckham Coal Line is registered as a CIO -
Foundation| |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|Appointment of charity trustees:
(1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee
must be appointed for a term of two years by a
resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of
the charity trustees.
(2) In selecting individuals for appointment as charity
trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the
skills, knowledge and experience needed for the
effective administration of the CIO.
As the Peckham Coal Line develops, the trustee
structure and make up will need to evolve in order to
further reflect the needs of the CIO.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** ||| |---|---| |Charity name|Peckham Coal Line| |Other name the charity
uses|PCL| |Registered charity number|1165247| |Charity’s principal address|c/o
108 St Mary’s Road
Peckham
SE15 2DU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |1
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3
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of**
**person**
**(or body)**
**entitled**
**to**
**appoint**
**trustee**
**(if any)**| ||Nick Woodford||Jan 2016 to present|| ||Kirsty Austin||Jan 2016 to present|| ||Nick Ambrose||Jan 2016 to Oct 2021|| ||Louise Armstrong||Jan 2016 to present|| ||Anna Rose
Hughes||Jan 2016 to present|| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** ||| |---|---| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a| |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|n/a| ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. |||| |---|---|---| |Signature||| |Full name|Nick Woodford|Louise Armstrong| |Position|Chairman|Trustee| |Date|10th Jan 2022|10th Jan 2022| ||Peckham Coal Line|Peckham Coal Line|Peckham Coal Line|No 1165247|No 1165247|CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||For the period from|Period start date
1/4/2020|To||Period end date
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|-||When due (optional)| |||||||-||| |||||||-||| |||||||-||| |||||||-||| ||Signature||Print Name|||||Date of approval| ||||Louise Armstrong|||||| |||||||||10/1/2022| ||||Nick Woodford|||||| |||||||||10/1/2022| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 06/01/2022 3