2023-04-04-accounts - The Secchi Disk Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 05 04 2022 04 04 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name The Secchi Disk Foundation Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1169399 Charity's principal address Kiln Cottage Gnaton Yealmpton Postcode PL8 2HU

The Secchi Disk Foundation

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Paul Hart	Chair
	AnthonyWates
	Paul Housego

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)

Trustees are to be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution Trustee selection methods passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting (eg. appointed by, elected by) individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. New trustees are given a copy of the current version of constitution together with a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other relevant, about: benefits. • 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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To promote the conservation of the marine environment worldwide for the public benefit by engaging the public in scientific study and to facilitate Summary of the objects of the research of marine plankton and the food chain in order to advance charity set out in its collective knowledge and understanding of the marine ecosystem and to governing document maintain biodiversity for the public good. The focus of our activity is upon enabling the public in the scientific study of the marine plankton and the food web it supports for the public good. To that end, The Secchi Disk Foundation promotes scientific study by the general public and creates and distributes to the public free online tools and educational materials, and maintains websites and databases accessible freely by the public. The trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers or duties. 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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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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

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Section D Achievements and performance The Secchi Disk Foundation continued to expand the global reach Summary of the main of the Secchi Disk study this year including carrying out important achievements of the charity during the year updates to the online interface. As a result of its activities, the Foundation continues to engage the public through citizen science to provide a greater understanding of the marine ecosystem for the public good.

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Section E Financial review

The Secchi Disk Foundation’s Trustees aim to maintain a financial
Brief statement of the reserve to mitigate any one of the following: charity’s policy on reserves i) The risk of an unforeseen need for funds, e.g., an unexpected need to maintain services that the Foundation provides such as mobile apps, databases etc due to circumstances outside the Foundations control. This includes funds to cover unforeseen day-to-day operational costs. ii) Funds to enable the Secchi Disk Foundation to carry out work that cannot be met by future income alone, e.g., to promote the work of the Foundation or for a project that requires the Secchi Disk Foundation to provide ‘matched funding’. iii) To fund short-term deficits in a cash budget, e.g., money may need to be spent before a funding grant is received. iv) To provide secure funding for long-term resources provided by third parties that the Secchi Disk Foundation relies upon such as internet services, and other similar longer-term costs as the Trustees’ see fit.
Details of any funds materially Not Applicable in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) Our only sources of funds this year have been grant income, donations
You may choose to include and bank interest. A proportion of the income is held as unrestricted
additional information, where funds both as designated funds for on-going project development costs
relevant about: and as reserves to be spent as the trustees see fit.
• 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

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Signature(s) Full name(s) Paul Hart Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 21 November 2023

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Charity Name			No (if any)
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	Period start date	To	Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations - Bank Interest 57 - - - - - 57 - - Sub total - Total receipts 57 A3 Payments Software Development - Bank Charges 1 IT Hardware Publication Fees - Software Licenses - - - - - Sub total 1 - - Sub total - Total payments 1 Net of receipts/(payments) 56 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 28,751 Cash funds this year end 28,807 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	- - 57 - - - - - 57	7,061
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	6,416 - - - - - - - - 6,416	- - - - - - - - - -	6,416 1 - - - - - - - 6,417	763
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	6,416	-	6,417	3,078

	- 6,416 - 5,224 - 1,192	- - - -	- 6,360 - 33,975 27,615	3,993
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				3,993

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

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Bank Depoosity Account Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 27,615 - - - - - 27,615 - Agreement Error Agreement Error to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Paul Hart Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			OK
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			Date of approval
		Paul Hart	11/21/2023