2025-12-31-accounts - Ice Age Insights

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date 01.01.25 To Period end date 31.12.25

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 of the public in prehistory and in the practices of archaeology and geology, and to promote research for the public benefit in all aspects of those subjects and to publish the useful results
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 investigate Late Upper Palaeolithic sites of national importance in the East Midlands. (2) Engaging with a consortium of organisations with sites of similar date in the English East Midlands with a view to sharing information and its dissemination, volunteer labour, website and outreach. (3) Investigations to find the source(s) of flints used at these sites to inform research. (4) Giving talks and visual displays to schools, adult organisations and in public places to disseminate the results of our work.
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 have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit

Additional information (optional)

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	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 90 people from a wide range of backgrounds including professional archaeologists, geologists, geomorphologists, geochemists, students and members of the public. If valued on the basis of figures suggested by Heritage Lottery Fund this would amount to £52,312
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 Commission’s 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 we have investigated, are all within the basin of the River Trent.

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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

n/a Other

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	£3668
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.

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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 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		n/a

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 association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods 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	Para 1.25	n/a

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

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Ice Age Insights
Other name the charity uses	Ice Age Journeys
Registered charity number	1169575
Charity’s principal address	50 Broadgate, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 2FW

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)
	Ian Ross	Chair
	John Miller
	Nicholas Barton
	Susan Cotton	Treasurer
	Colin Baker

– 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 whole year
n/a

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity

Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and	addresses of advisers (Optional information)	addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser	Name Address
	n/a

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

n/a

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

n/a

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Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Scan. V. _ Mrs Susan V Cotton Full name(s) Dr Ian N Ross Position (eg Secretary, Chair Treasurer Chair, etc) Date March 6[th] 2026

		Charity Name					No (if any)	No (if any)
		Ice Age Insights					1169575
		Receipts andpayments accounts							CC16a
	For the period from ~~rr~~			Period start date 1.1.25		To		Period end date 31.12.25
	Section A Receipts and payments
		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Restricted	Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
		to the nearest £	to the nearest	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
	A1 Receipts
	Donations	2,338		-	-	-		2,338	2,762
		-		-	-	-		-	-
	Grants	-		-	-	-		-	1,225
		-		-	-	-		-	-
	Gift Aid	-		-	-	-		-	663
		-		-	-	-		-	-
	Bank interest	69		-	-	-		69	108
		-		-	-	-		-	-
	*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	AR) 2,407		-	-	-		2,407	4,758
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 2,407 - - 2,407 4,758 ~~——————~~
	A3 Payments
	Professional Fees	4,200		-	-	-		4,200	-
	Equipment and materials	1,152		-	-	-		1,152	1,343
	Travel and subsistence	746		-	-	-		746	2,193
	Insurance	301		-	-	-		301	79
	Research	350		-	-	-		350	203
	Printingandpostage	86		-	-	-		86	142
	Hall Hire	90		-	-	-		90	134
	Memberships	-		-	-	-		-	126
		-		-	-	-		-	-

Sub total [ 6,925 ] - - 6,925 4,220 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total [ - ] - - - - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~——=—~~ 6,925 - - 6,925 4,220 Net of receipts/(payments) - 4,518 - - - 4,518 538 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 8,186 - - 8,186 7,648 Cash funds this year end ~~SS~~ 3,668 - ~~SS=~~ - 3,668 8,186

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

07/03/2026

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

				Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
Categories		Details		funds funds	funds
				to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	- - - - - - - - - 3,668 - - *Total cash funds* ~~===~~
		(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
		account(s))		OK OK	OK
				Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
				funds funds	funds
		Details		to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~==2==~~
B3 Investment assets	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - - Details ~~====~~
		Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===>~~
				Fund to which Amount due	When due
		Details		liability relates (optional)	(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities	- - - - - Date of approval 6.3.2026 6.3.2026 Print Name Susan V Cotton Ian N Ross Signature ~~(===~~

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

07/03/2026