Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:11695991 Trustees Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2020 Charity accounts preparation & independent examination seniice
Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number.1169599) Contents Index Page Report of the Trustees Independent Examiner's Report Receipts & Payments Accounts Statement of Assets and Llablllties Notes to the Accounts
Trustees. Annual Report From: 01/Qln020 To: 31nv2020 Ch8rfty¥ full name ienth of Glgdhow VaHoy Woods Reglster•d Charfty numl 1169599 Ob'ectives and actlvltl08 Summary of the purpoBo8 ofthg ¢harfty set out In Its g0mIng do¢umont 11To prony)to th& eLn58rvation. Fyotection End gnhorKem?nt of Ihe physical and nabjral anvinnnwntol thg a known as GdhoW Vallèywoods in north L8ed8('Ihe Woods'l forthe benefft of the g8neral publtc. in¢lLrflfftg in parbcukf by.. lalprolecting th• natural b8auty of th8 Woc#Js. Ibl mainla(ning and improv¢ng facilitss within Ilw Wooth. such a8 pathB 888tir¥, Icl prornoting bl¥or$lty in thewoods, Idl increasing public awarerw8 of Ihe Woods and o)n66valon. prot•don anhan¢ent. and rellecting the oplnions and cortcems ofthewider nMnIty In relation to tr Woods. lel acThJ to prOt dw8lopmant in th8 W(Kxl8 wh8rg dgvelopmert maybe con9thd damagtng th&W¢x. iv$ Ilora and 18una or rf$ value as a CtyM)unty arnlty. lfj workln9 With othar groups that have an tntere$t tn , c4ntrol overor r•spoMbiltyfor lh8 Wood¥ in fvrtheranco 01 the otyacis of FGVW. induding relan1 public 8Uthorbties and other k)cal communlty gr¢up$. 21 To engagè in •ny acthv¢bes wh¢ch in the rna60n8bl&opinion of tha Trugtaès aro ¢orKlucNo, oncilliwy or iwdertsl Summary of the maln a¢dvltlo• In Y•latlon to tha purpoo•s for the publ1¢ bgnofi( In partkular. th• •¢tlvltle•i projects or 8ervlce¥ ldont1fl In the accounts la) FGVW hav• eontinlwd to workwith Ihg main land owners. Leads aty CouneAI aThJ ts Wades Charity to Implemont management plan and rerno the tncreaglftg amount of littsf and fly typ$. Ib} FGVW own a field in the Woods, eaifed 88ek Pasture. •nd wo arg rnanagin9 it as 4 wild maaduwto Impove blodivèr¥ity Icl FGW hold manthty a¢thM rnomiws doin9 a vard rnftg• ofprojèets from rtyth repairto 8wlhlng the Idl The management plan Is Impf•m8nted to th? IxodNernity. FGVWmanag8 Iltrww rn8adows #nd work to eradicateleontrol Invo$r 8peoe8. 191 ThE FGVW annu81 Fun Day prormtss oltracls fe8dbad( on workolthg thority. Thgeventwas attended by ovar 1000 local people. IQ Thg 17th Century 88th Houso. thou9h nolowned by FGVW, i8 (wn8d each yw on th& Hwit890 Open weekend 191 The FGVWwob$ito 1$ the main WOVKler of infomution 8boutlh¢ group arKI its activths. VonlAct ¥Ath FGV¥V $upport•ts i# by r8gul8r8 r[118. (hl FGW liai8e with th• privats where neces8•ry. 01 Th Tst88$. Ste¢rir4 grJP and any proj9 liaBe wrfh varKJUS publrcbodi•s. ineluding the ma l#ndown8r8 Wades Charity and L¢¥d$ City Council. We are in regUr tsjntactvrith COU11 sectors, Paths and Country8Nle, Forestry. LArMI Orainag? arKI Floc¥J Risk Man&gamnt. <il There hav• b•an regular Partners meetlnqs to oversaè the propct to desih Gledhrtw l&k•. with attartd•o8 frtyn Leeds Cty Coundl, Grtyjnoknrk and the Wafdes Charlty. Ik} FGVW 8Lw consuftsvAth outslde bod8. including Yort8hirgWater, th• W013nd TNs¢ Ehford Environmnl81. Legacy Habat Managenwnt. 111 FGVW aho ha6 a cxjmmunity er¥J3ggrnent prcgrwnma, assocfjaby wrfh th913ke pmiect and thLs has invov¢d knknng with 3 bcal promary schools, artB organlsaofts, TCV. a loc4 nIty Lntra arhl numèrou8 other The tN8te88 ¢on8Kkrthat have cornpts8d wth th8wdut*sto ha tkn regard lo the public t4fit gukyonce publisW by lh¢ Charity Commi86ion. Achlevements and erforniance Summary olthe maln aehlev•m•nts olthe ¢harfty. Identlfylftg the dSfference the charftys worf¢ h made to the ¢lrcumstsncè# of Its boneficlaritt Ind any wldgr beneffts to Society as a whole. Whilst our athi&v¢ments in 2020 bèèn r1 by the cijnstralnts ofth¢ pandem4 the woods havg provKled a fantastic T880urcg forthe bcAI cerrnnunity in the varfous loekdtrwns. Th? foolpaths crn8t8d by FGVW overtha 25
years ofow ?xislen¢e hovg used by hug8 of lecd p•ep aThJ have thanked on nLnrJs occ88iws by the users for prory >x8ssbl# plL%. Ithas twi verygrnlifyw to see tro k)cal commufilty wiowng wo¢>ts. have pro¥Jed an exape frrm esse¥ ofts pandwrrc and ifs rosthd)tis and ha5 nts bantfft scate. So, whi15t dire(a and pknwj cLymiuThty •ngagèrtnta580oatJ wilh HLF kke ryr4e¢t has W on hohj. wo feel Ihatthe local and eng8ged wrfh th• Vaw in 2020. IopFed up ts d&ad lodg• bomwi the main path WKI ts . Latsr ygar. fem8b to wt action momings. th• work eonc•ntrated on the ¥ilal lasks rf¢xiUiNJ and r8k¥g rrn8d¢Ms. w• 8chr•¥•d over4 morrths, with Ihe h•¥) of18n frknnde frtyn Legaw Habrfaland ow baTrJ of volunteern. It is quits an achie¥rnntts mainlain annual IeSsary lor the nad8 to thwive. Tr FGVW crwnad Bgck Pa3turg was t WKI rakgd t015 by lan. 8 nM ryN)toffjod W th apwowale attachnts. This to locate a secorKI hoTrJ mKilWhdI hwo PUrth3 to ath.ng and rak¥4 ea51 fot Lts to tatry OUL Fc1knftg on in 2019. a fvrtlrarea paW[knty rnkgd. s¢41ifrtd #nd The $ma15 por¥J n8Xt toAudrtys m•adowwas reLYeabJ a grartfrom thè Laads Parks F. Vojurthrn al80 earrted out lrf)ath rnpalrs, path ¢leararK4 man•jntw0rk0n ff••Jtrs on a rngular bas(s througheth thè year. aknrvJ with 8 sesshyts ol Baknm bashwvj HI J1jufy to k88p Hw•an Thrp)rt at bay. The 8¢tron rromings W8 Irted to a [rnum of30 Fwle to athteve sty forttp and tha usws of the W(d$. Dlane Killc. once agatTr provbJ8d cak•s, txms and 0thortr•ats for our vdunteers and Joan and 141ervyn Clayton bwhiabry lats. protsc1r qquit drrj malernh. all the nec8ssary SU1ng in rnomingj wJIn1 haprth wdh¢Krttl supwt all woyrfle. So, looking at 2020. whd&twe WenI at4e to or4• a Fun Day. or a cekntrKat evwrt or opon the Bath House ft>r ts herie w8èkand or att8TrJ any publrye ourwork #nd 11 mèrthanrftsè, fod that k8Pt thing¥ and still had a successful )wr bul bpry drflerent reasorts to th#iof a nomMI )ar. Our work ov•r Iha prevKrtxs 24 yeats ofourexisn¢e has made Gkdhtrw Val Wcp)ts more 8c¢esslbkg and attya¢bve and thus, Ih•yw•re a sancluary lorthose dwty Wa and thtr local c(miwn tr) swivg a ¥ery drffipjtt >par. So many pewle. ourn¢lv8s ir118d. have t¢nefftted tslrnwultyand twty ol s rotural wothj, sode tho horrors oftho parJemio it was to see tha woods used Addlllonl InfOrnOn * be 8Fent over tha accwntirpJ F•IKxJ.w•s•ryakn ol o of par8mJunt wwiants. In pursutt ofthr&. 0ratij R$ 1] t• hekl in an inkrest téarirvJ aD)JUfrt sleCt to th• c4)nsKJeraiv set ouiat Chaws asswl te hJ li ¢ash. The Chantywill plac4 ¢8sh onty wilh b8nk5 buill•wJ soaelw are to actspt tyt Pred8nUal RegulatiOnAUth1ty ar¥J thè FNrKAal CryJudAuthryity. Cash k1 wilh any inblubm wll not Openin9 or dtssiNJ ofbank and bjihlirg soc nts aUlh( bytr Tn1$. a i& Atthe peTr)J end131M2f20201 thè FGVAI has h88Sthy kn15 of c•h ovall8bl8 wilh a rrent4()UnI balanc of£27,013 a 08F4)stt accot of£3,295 ar#J P8ty Cash bakn(e of £36 tolallr¥J tssh r¢seN&s of £30,344. Oltho total b8knnce £6,99B forth• NHLF full lak@cmM prci•cL £7.818 11 rknglencl lor n0TrHLF tskg wk £15.528 ts 4) Sor1 fwl¥. Told trw)Th la2131 from gmt awards, donatiorn. rrerthanth saks aTrJ internst aTrJ tOtslexpwkre{£13.395I artt sKJniftsnty Ir than the "or2017.2018 a¢ctyJnting peTwd CthTh>19 pandwK. purpose of Ih? R•sÉNes Pdrcy FGVW B towffjure sta11 cl 01r4 crflhe drIty.
Reserves arn not intsnd8d to rèptac8 a P8rmanerrtlosB ot lund$ or eliminate an ong0th9 budget gap. It is the intentlon of FGVWfor reservo¥ to be used and rgplenvahed within a Short period of time. The Reseryes PollwvAn b8 impK8mgnkd in conc•rtwth oihergo¥emance and fmandal Pole8 of FGVW and Is Intond8d to supp<rt thè goal$ and 6trag¢es detemthed bythè Trnstèas. The target Miniffojm Op8ratin9 rose• hAs b88n sèi a¢ £1000, t¢irtrJ ¢qu¥l lo on? years in8uranc4 prnmlwn and lik•ly1è381 fees to deal with any tran$forof land assèt on winding up. Atthis st898. Ihe charity does not have 80t or predtclable operabng expenses and financial eommitmènls which nggd to be aOUnted for in the Operatlng Res9The. An adthn81 sum will be hekl 8$ partofthe l>rating seO to account fordosts theurnd shoukl a nHjor evanl such as the Fun day te cancelled. Thlswill ba ealculatod a5 lh8 averag? $ts of Ih? Ihree preceediry Fun days. Rea8on8 for holdlng zfjro rerS NIA Funds motorfally In deficlt None Explonatlon of any uncertalnlles al>out the charlty ¢onllnulng as a golng concem Nono Structure overnance and man ement 0crIPOrt of tho charitys Irusts Typè of governlng Constitulion How th• eharlty Is constllutsd cio Trtte 8el•ctloh m•thod8 In¢ludlng TrLtè6s must be drawn from the membership ofthe CIO dolails of any constitsrflonal provl8lon$ e.g. •l•ctlon tr postor nam• of any person or body •nbtlod to appolntonfr or morn Iru#t••s Oth•r n•M thtr charfty h known by FGVW Chavws prfnclpal addre81 83. Gledhow PartAvenue Lggds Yorkshiro Postcode LS7 4JL Nama# of the truste88 who m•n lh• Gharf D•ts& ¢tsd11 Botfor Who >*ar Nam• ¢lpgrnon lorbody) onllll8d to appotnt¢noty9 Illanyl lJffl¢• l118ny) Martin Calvert Steve Jones•Black8tt Adrian Coltman Noomi Watt>Kitto Chair Treasurnr Nam•s and addr••8e• of advlsern oladNtsor Ilam• Addr•
Karen W¢)od ACMA (ls0ure8 Accounllng SeNices & IES Hlscox Buildlng, Peasholme Green York Y017PR Indepnd•Tht Examln•r 88nk•rn HSBC 106 HarrogAt8 Ro& Chapel Atl•rton Leeds LS7 4NU D•clarntl¢)n Th0 tru8180• do¢l•re th•t th•y hav• approvod th• TnMtw• Annuttl R•port and Accounts Slgn•d on b•half of th• charfty• tru•t••4 8lgnatur• Full N•mw Po•lilon Martln Cart Chalr z> 14 Iz02
Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Frlends of Gledhow Vall Woods I report on the accounts of: Frfends of GledlMM Valley Woots for the period ended: 31st Decembv 2020 which are set out on pages 6 to 8. ResPonbIlItIeS and basls of rewt As the tharlty trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the ACV). I report In respect of my examinatlon of the Charltys accounts carrled out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Att and in carrying Out my examination I have followed allthe applicable Directions Biven by the Charity Commission under section 145(51{bl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinatlon 8lvln8 me cause to believe that In any material respert: i accounting records were not kept in respert of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection wlth the examination to which attention should be drawn in thls report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 3010412021 Karen Wood (ACMAI Outsource independent examination service The Hiscox Building Peasholme Green York YOI 7PR
Ffiends of Gledhw VaNey Woods (CIO Number:1169599) Receipts & payments accounts for the 13 months to: 3tst December 2020 2020 Total funds 2019 Totsl funds fvnds funds Recelpts Grants received Donations Events Merchandise sales Member subscriptions Bank interest Total recelpts Payments Hedge & ftower plantin8 Tree work Signage Consultancy & restoration work Event costs Materlals & artion mornin85 Tools & equipment Insurance, subs & Ilcence fees Administration costs Merchandise costs Advertising & publicity Independent examination Volunteer'5 expenses Total payments 2,5(K) 520 50,141 895 5,355 1,105 520 105 55 33 713 105 55 33 45 1.819 2.327 2,919 400 920 34,386 3,478 1,131 708 465 152 97 216 300 34 857 7,198 857 7,198 356 1247 356 2,247 50 300 Net of recelpts/(payments} Transfer between funds Balance brought forward Balance carried forward 14,119) 16063) (lo.) 12,395 19,647 15.528 2079 14.816 40.526 28,131
Frfends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:1169599) Statement of and Ilabllftles at 31st December 2020 2020 Totsl funds 2019 Total funds Urnestrk Restrlcted funds funds Cash at bank and In hand Current bank account Deposlt account Petty cash 12,197 3,295 36 14,816 27,013 3,295 36 37,229 3,263 2020 Totsl funds 2019 Totsl fund$ Unrestrfcted funds R•strlcted funds Uabllltles Independent examlnatlon fee 300 300 300 300
FrlendsofGledhowValleyWoods ICIO Number.'11695991 Notesto the actfjuntsforth• parhd ended: 3191 Dernbel 2020 l. Basls of accounts TheTnJstses have tsken of sectlon 144121 of the CharitiesAct 2011 and preparod the accounts on a recelpts and paymtnts basl l Restrkted Inwmefvnds Fund name Lakes NHLF Tree Councn Purpose Gledhow lake Impro¥ementworks Unr05ts1rted FwH15 19 4,832 15,528 Post Carrfersfor Causes Mardn WlllsWldllfeTwst L223 200 I,Q40 55 5.847 292 931 ss Coop Communlty Grant 5,847 7.818 547 Parks Communlty Foundatlon NHiF 12,514 Totsl Restsitt Funds lo79 8.563 14A16 Totsl Fuftds 40526 3,213 13,395 l ofaccountsfoytho r•ndod: 31st DewnberlO20 The report and accounts were approvedat a meetlngof the Trustees held on: 101041zoii ie 21JZ I SIAnedlorandon behalf of thetrustees MkRriNJ CALVE£r CJtPf I prtnt name Posltlon le& trAlr etcl