## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 January 2021 31 December 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** The Broadway Trust
**Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1166355 **Charity's principal address** 24 Gordon Close
Broadway **Postcode** WR12 7BJ
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
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Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Robin Goldsmith Chairman AGM
2 Andrew Dakin Secretary AGM
3 Graham Love Planning AGM
Christopher AGM
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Hotten
Michael de AGM
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Navarro
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by Trustees, elected by AGM Trustee selection methods
- (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;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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- a. 'To encourage high standards of architecture and planning in or affecting the village of Broadway and its surrounding area.
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
- b. To stimulate public interest in the history, architecture and landscape of Broadway.
- c. To encourage the preservation, protection and improvement of features of historic interest or general public amenity.
- d. To support and maintain those amenities necessary for a strong community spirit in Broadway.
- To meet these purposes, the Trustees have followed the advice issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Specifically, The Trustees consider and comment to the LPA on planning applications having regard to national and local policies in order to protect the character and appearance of the village.
- The Trustees have played an active role in contributing to the production of the Broadway Neighbourhood Development Plan, which was accepted by referendum on 15[th] September 2022.
- **Summary of the main** The Trust has been active in organising a programme of
- **activities undertaken for** restoring the benches around the village and in installing
- **the public benefit in** new benches so that visitors can sit and enjoy the Green
- **relation to these objects** in the centre of the village.
- **(include within this** The Trust works with the Parish Council to maintain the
- **section the statutory** grounds and trees owned by the Trust in the centre of the
- **declaration that trustees** village so that they can continue to be enjoyed by
- **have had regard to the** villagers and visitors alike.
- **guidance issued by the** The Trust has worked with local organisations and one
- **Charity Commission on** first school to help fund the restoration of the plantings in
- **public benefit)** front of the school, which had fallen into a bad state of repair.
- The Trust regularly advertises that it is willing to make small grants to village organisations who are willing to apply.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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The Trust has established a grant fund based on the income from investments. It has made this available to any local village organisation that applies meeting the basic criteria. These are published on the website and regularly highlighted in village publications.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Our investments are held by Evelyn Partners who manage them to create an annual income. Individual investments within the portfolio are regularly reviewed and changed where necessary.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
2021 was a difficult year, as the village, its organisations and businesses recovered from CoVid. The Trust supported both the Gordon Russell Design Museum and the Broadway Museum and Art Gallery with grants to help them manage their loss of income from CoVid.
## **Section E Financial review**
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The Trust maintains a small reserve in a deposit account in **Brief statement of the** addition to our investments. **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None.
## **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**
## **Section G Declaration**
**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**
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