## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 06/05/2024      Period start date   To 05/04/202  Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Festival Waste Reclamation and Distribution Charity registration number: 1168696** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**1. The protection and preservation of**<br>**the**<br>**environment for the public benefit by:**<br>**a) The promotion of waste reduction,**<br>**reuse, reclamation, recycling, use of**<br>**recycled products and the**<br>**use of surplus;**<br>**b) Raising awareness and educating the**<br>**public about all aspects of waste**<br>**generation, waste**<br>**management and waste recycling.**<br>**2. The relief and assistance of people in**<br>**any part of the world who are the**<br>**victims**<br>**of war, natural**<br>**disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in**<br>**particular, but not exclusively, through**<br>**the provision of survival**<br>**equipment to such persons.**<br>**For the purpose of this clause ‘survival**<br>**equipment’ refers to anything necessary**<br>**to ensure a person**<br>**can meet their basic needs including,**<br>**but**<br>**not limited to, food, shelter and clothing.**<br>**3. The prevention or relief of poverty in**<br>**the UK by providing items and services**<br>**to**<br>**individuals in need**<br>**and/or charities, or other organisations**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**1. a) By salvaging at UK festivals we**<br>**diverted unwanted items away from**<br>**landfill and incinerators. These items**<br>**where possible were then used to help**<br>**those who are without. b) Through face-**<br>**to-face interactions and via social**<br>**media. 2. Items collected from events**<br>**attended went on to be given to**<br>**homeless people in England and to**<br>**refugees abroad.**<br>**3. Temporary relief of poverty through**<br>**the provision of food, shelter, bedding**|





|||**and toiletries.**<br>**4. We ran a free shop at festivals,**<br>**lending out salvaged equipment with a**<br>**deposit to encourage festival-goers to**<br>**return their items aft**|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**As per advice from the Charity**<br>**Commission we have kept our aims**<br>**specific to what we do and have as a**<br>**result been able to focus our attention.**<br>**Everything we do as an organisation is**<br>**for the public benefit.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We do not make grants**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**We do not take part in social investment**<br>**programmes.**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers have been our backbone this**<br>**year as with every year, providing us**<br>**with their time, resources and**<br>**distribution experience. All of these**<br>**aspects mean that we have been able to**<br>**collect large amounts of usable survival**<br>**equipment and get it directly to those**<br>**who need it.**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**We salvaged thousands of tents,**<br>**sleeping bags and other camping**<br>**equipment which was redistributed , as**<br>**well as running the FWRD Free Shop,**<br>**encouraging festival-goers to return the**<br>**items rather than buying them new and**<br>**abandoning them, as is the norm. The**<br>**free shop was stocked with camping**<br>**chairs, airbeds and wellies, as well as a**<br>**small number of tents.**||
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## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**We are in a relatively comfortable**<br>**position financially with no significant**<br>**day-to-day running costs.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not hold significant reserves,**<br>**most of our finances is spent each**<br>**summer on food, transport and**<br>**temporary storage of salvaged**<br>**equipment.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>**Charitable activities**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Festival production companies are**<br>**sometimes wary of getting bad press on**<br>**account of the level of festival waste,**<br>**and FWRD’s role in bringing the**<br>**problem to public attention can turn**<br>**some members of production**<br>**companies against us. In general**<br>**festival organisers are very much in**<br>**support of our mission so this should**<br>**not be a huge hindrance**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees chosen based on passion,**<br>**experience and willingness. New**<br>**trustees are appointed by existing**<br>**trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**N/A**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Festival Waste Reclamation and Distribution|
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|Other name the charity uses|FWRD|
|Registered charity number|1168696|
|Charity’s principal address|The Glade,<br>Corbar Woods Lane,<br>Buxton<br>SK17 6RH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name Chris Mastricci** 

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 held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Katie Pepper **Full name(s)** Katie Pepper 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

23[rd] April 2025 



||**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/6/2024<br>4/5/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee ee_~~|
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|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**<br>_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~——_———~~||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Bank Costs|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**||**-**|
|Reimbursment|**1,338**||**-**||**-**||**1,338**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_                        1,398**|||**-**||**-**||**1,398**||**-**|
|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_                    1,398**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,398**<br>**-**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~———=—~~||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                  1,398**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                  1,398**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**1,398**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,398**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>~~SSS5~~|||||||||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Bank Balance<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>Katie Pepper<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Katie Pepper<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
||Katie Pepper|Katie Pepper|4/23/2025|
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