2022-12-31-accounts - Humber Conservation Volunteers

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day 01 Month 01 Year 2022 Day 31 Month 12 Year 2022

From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Humber Conservation Volunteers

Charity name Humber Conservation Volunteers Other names charity is known by HCV Registered charity number (if any) 1165781 Charity's principal address Brian Johnson HCV Secretary 16 Paddock Court Immingham Postcode DN401LS

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
D Parkin	Chair	All HCV members have the chance to vote on how the trustees are performing at the Annual general meeting or by calling for an extra ordinary meeting during the year as per the constitution.
D Heinrich	Vice Chair
R Brett	Treasurer
B Johnson	Secretary
C Harper
K Lenthall










Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

HCV Trustee report

April 2023

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Environment officer	Alan Jones	HNP, Waters Edge Visitors Centre, Barton upon Humber, DN185JR
Volunteer Organisations	Paula Grant	VANEL, 82 Grimsby road, Cleethorpes, DN357DP

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution.

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

All trustees are elected by the members at the annual general meeting in Trustee selection methods December each year.

(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;

This was HCVs seventh year. The trustees remained the same until the December annual general meeting where a new treasurer and Vice Chairman were elected to start on January the first 2023.

HCV has a constitutional document that the organisation is governed by with details such as the meeting structure and disciplinary procedure.

HCV has continued to train its members as the organisation believes health and safety is major risk. Risk assessments and method statements are reviewed to maintain safe environment for the volunteers.

HCV has continued to take advice from two main contributors these are Humber nature partnership and VANEL, HNP for environmental issues and VANEL for the charity governance and wider volunteer community.

trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

HCV Trustee report

April 2023

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)	To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.
	Humber conservation volunteers (HCV) has continued to support projects for the benefit of the public. HCV continues to work closely with PRAX Linsey Oil refinery on annual maintenance of Burkinshaws Covert woodland. Although this land is not open to the public it provides a much-needed conduit for the area’s flora and fauna. HCV has one community project Littlecoates Academy. Where with help from VANEL we have brought a disused area back to life where the children will plant trees and care for the environment. This has also helped the school seek funds for a pond wooded aera, the plans have been drawn up East Halton marshes where HCV have continued to work with Able making repairs to drainage valves, grass cutting, and thistle control work. This work was to promote a habitat for wading birds. Chase hill ponds is another project undertaken with Able on HCVs Sunday programme to clear reeds form the ponds to enable the newts to flourish.

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document
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)

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical
and natural environment.

Humber conservation volunteers (HCV) has continued to support projects
for the benefit of the public.
HCV continues to work closely with PRAX Linsey Oil refinery on annual
maintenance of Burkinshaws Covert woodland. Although this land is not
open to the public it provides a much-needed conduit for the area’s flora
and fauna.
HCV has one community project Littlecoates Academy. Where with help
from VANEL we have brought a disused area back to life where the
children will plant trees and care for the environment. This has also
helped the school seek funds for a pond wooded aera, the plans have
been drawn up
East Halton marshes where HCV have continued to work with Able
making repairs to drainage valves, grass cutting, and thistle control work.
This work was to promote a habitat for wading birds.
Chase hill ponds is another project undertaken with Able on HCVs
Sunday programme to clear reeds form the ponds to enable the newts to
flourish.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

HCV Trustee report

April 2023

HCV does not make grants; the policy is to finance the group's activities which at present include investing in equipment and training for the members this has continued through 2022.

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

The main achievements of the charity are listed above in section c, the Summary of the main charity has been able to keep a stable membership and reliable achievements of the charity income. HCV has completed several projects in the environment. HCV during the year is always looking in other areas of the community to help young and old into volunteering.

Section E Financial review

HCV is a small charity and is able to finance its needs only, the only Brief statement of the requirement at the present time is to cover operating costs, this remains charity’s policy on reserves the primary objective with regard to funding. This year we had a large amount of equipment stollen for a second time which has been replaced overtime with new.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

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

HCV Trustee report

April 2023

Section G Declaration HCV Trustee report April 2023