## **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** |1
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**year **|**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 1 ## **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 2 ## **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.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **HCV Trustee report** April 2023 3 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 4 Section G Declaration HCV Trustee report April 2023