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

**From  1 January 2023   To  30 September 2023** 

**Charity name: The Fowberry Foundation** 

**Charity registration number:** 1169152 

## **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|The charitable objectives of the CIO are<br>such charitable purposes for the public<br>benefit as are exclusively charitable<br>according to the laws of England and Wales<br>as the Trustees my from time to time<br>determine.|
|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|The charity aims to make grants to<br>individuals and organisations; provide other<br>forms of finance; provide<br>buildings/facilities/open space; provide<br>advocacy/advice/information; and<br>sponsor/undertake research.|
|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||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference Summary of the main Para 1.20 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. 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **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|CIO Foundation|
|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|Every charity trustee must be a natural<br>person over the age of 16.<br>Apart from the first charity trustees, every<br>trustee must be by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of the charity<br>trustees.<br>In selecting individuals for appointment as<br>charity trustees must have regard to the<br>skills, knowledge and experience needed<br>for the effective administration of the CIO.|



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



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Fowberry Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1169152|
|Charity’s principal address|Fowberry Tower, Wooler, Northumberland, NE71 6ER|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mr Craig John<br>Marshall||||
||Mr Luke Ford||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

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 No assets held. held in this capacity Name and objects of the No assets held. 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 

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

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**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) Full name(s)** Craig John Marshall **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 



Detsiled Profit and Loss
THE FOWBERRY FOUNDATION
For the period ended 30
September 2023
31-Dec
2022
2021
In¢om•
10.732
11.317
1.818
•ns
BAnk
1210
2235
721
L•941 F•••
Lwt. +1•￿1 Pwr
p￿•￿￿￿•1 F••4
Sundry
Tq*phDn• & Irthr•t
T4t•l
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on ONII