## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01.01.23 Period start date To 31.12.23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Ice Age Insights** ## **Charity registration number: 1169575** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education
prehistory and in the prac**t**
archaeology and geology,
research for the public be**n**
of those subjects and to p**u**
results
of the public in
ices of
and to promote
efit in all aspects
blish the useful| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|1. Continuing to inve**s**
Palaeolithic sites**o**
importance in the**E**
2. Engaging with a c**o**
organisations with
date in the English
with a view to sha**r**
and its disseminati
labour, website an**d**
3. Investigations to fi**n**
flints used at thes**e**
research.
4. Giving talks and vi**s**
schools, adult org**a**
public places to di**s**
results of our work
tigate Late Upper
f national
ast Midlands.
nsortium of
sites of similar
East Midlands
ing information
on, volunteer
outreach.
d the source(s) of
sites to inform
ual displays to
nisations and in
seminate the
.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Throughout the trustees h
Charity Commission’s gui**d**
benefit.
ave regard to the
ance on public| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include f **u** rther statements where relevant about: SORP reference n/a Para 1.38 Policy on grant making n/a Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related |investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Significant contributions in time, effort and
expertise have been made by 12 people
from a wide range of backgrounds including
professional archaeologists, geologists,
geomorphologists, students, and members
of the public. If valued on the basis of figures
suggested by the Heritage Lottery Fund, this
would amount to £30,350.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
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.|Para 1.20|1. We continued to investigate the
geochemistry of flints found in our
area in collaboration with staff from
the British Geological Survey,
2. The charity is managed by a board of
Trustees who have had regard to the
Charity Commissioners guidance on
safeguarding and public benefit. The
finances, which are considered
satisfactory, are carefully controlled
but did not, this year, require an
independent examination.
3. We continue to engage with other
charities with sites known to have
been visited by Late Upper
Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, which,
together with a site which we have
investigated, are all within the basin
of the river Trent.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|n/a| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|n/a| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a| |Other||Safeguard policy attached| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position at the end of
the period is considered to be satisfactory.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7648| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|See Para 1.46 below| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants and donations| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|n/a| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|1. Difficulty in obtaining funds
2. It is possible that, in the future, we
will find it difficult to recruit trustees
who are willing and able to commit
the required level of time and effort to
the charity.| |Other||We are delighted to welcome a new Trustee
from 1stJanuary 2024.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The charity is set up with the constitution
model suggested by the Charity Commission
for a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(CIO).| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated|Para 1.25|CIO| association, CIO) Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 n/a including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|n/a| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|n/a| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|n/a| |Other||n/a| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|IceAgeInsights| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Ice Age Journeys| |Registered charitynumber|1169575| |Charity’s principal address|50 Broadgate, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 2FW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Ross|Chair||| ||John Miller|||| ||Nicholas Barton|||| ||Susan Cotton|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** n/a Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|| |---|---|---| |n/a||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|n/a| ## **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** ## **Accounting Policy** Income is taken into account when it is received. Expenditure is accounted for as soon as it is incurred, at cost on the day of expenditure. Volunteer time has been evaluated in accordance with the rules of the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signaturelsl Full name(s) Position {eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Susan V. Cotton lan N. Ross Treasurer Chaimian Date CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENfjLANO AN[> WALES Ice Age Inslghts f169575 Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a For thé pèric*J from To 1.1.2023 31.12.20 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted Restrthd fiJnd8 to the neoreitÉ Endowment lund* Total funds La61 y•ar to th* n•or*it ) the Mar•it£ tr• th• n•Ar•st£ A1 Recel 2.660 380 261 1,244 8.500 234 Grants Glfthjd B•nk Int¥resi 390 261 ross Income or AR) 3.194 3,194 an en Total re¢*ts 3,194 A3Pa m•nt8 R05•orch Motorexp•nuJ+sub8lst•r Momborshlps Equipm•nt Postago HLF pl0￿ 1,001 1.442 93 32 1,061 32 577 977 23,D72 Sub tot 2,629 977 3,606 23,972 A4 Assèt an(1 Investment Sub fotal 2,629 977 3.606 23.972 Net of recelpts/(payments) A5 Transfers befvRen funds A8 Cash lunds last yèar end Cash funds thts year end 977 412 13,991 7.563 85 7.648 8,080 CCXX R1 w￿ntS ISSI 23h)9r2024 Section 8 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted lijnd ntare$t£ Restricted fiinds to neare5tÉ Endowment Catogories Details to nearest£ B1 Cash fund5 nkktounts 7￿63 85 Total cash lunds 7,563 85 la9rée rKeipt6 FAyments acwjntlsll Unrestricted funds Restrictèd funds Endowment funds Details to nearest£ to nearest£ Fund to which asSet￿lOn Detalls Co$lio￿onall Fund to which CuTrentvalue on Detsils Coslloptlonall B4 Assets retained forthe charity's own use Fund to whl¢h AmLwJnt due When due Details ow$￿On of artgfacts and digital ar¢hivirvJ 85 Liabilities 350 Signed by OFTe trustees behawol all tktstruslee Date of aDDrova s￿nature Print Name Susan V. Colton lan N Ross CCXX R2 ￿ounts ISSI 23ftJ912024