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 g0￿mIng do¢umont 11To prony)to th& eL*n58rvation. Fyotection End gnhorKem?nt of Ihe physical and nabjral anvinnnwntol thg a known as G￿dhoW 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 b￿l¥or$lty in thewoods, Idl increasing public awarerw8 of Ihe Woods and o)n66valon. prot•don anhan¢￿ent. and rellecting the oplnions and cortcems ofthewider ￿nM￿nIty In relation to tr￿ Woods. lel ac*ThJ to prO￿￿t dw8lopmant in th8 W(Kxl8 wh8rg dgvelopmert maybe con9th￿d damagtng th&W¢x￿*. iv$ Ilora and 18una or rf$ value as a CtyM)unty arn￿lty. lfj workln9 With othar groups that have an tntere$t tn , c4ntrol overor r•spoMbiltyfor lh8 Wood¥ in fvrtheranco 01 the otyacis of FGVW. induding rel￿an1 public 8Uthorbties and other k)cal communlty gr¢up$. 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$. Ib} FGVW own a field in the Woods, eaifed 88ek Pasture. •nd wo arg rnanagin9 it as 4 wild maaduwto Impove blodivèr¥ity Icl FGW hold manthty a¢thM rnomiws doin9 a var￿d rnftg• ofprojèets from rtyth repairto 8wlhlng the Idl The management plan Is Impf•m8nted to th? IxodNernity. FGVWmanag8 Iltrww rn8adows #nd work to eradicateleontrol Invo$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 $upport•ts i# by r8gul8r8 r[￿118. (hl FGW liai8e with th• privats where neces8•ry. 01 Th T￿st88$. Ste¢rir4 gr￿JP and any proj9￿ liaBe wrfh varKJUS publrcbodi•s. ineluding the ma l#ndown8r8 ￿ Wades Charity and L¢¥d$ City Council. We are in regU￿r tsjntactvrith COU￿11 sectors, Paths and Country8Nle, Forestry. LArMI Orainag? arKI Floc¥J Risk Man&gamnt. x8ssbl# p*lL%. 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 •ngagèrtnta580oat*J 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 I￿eSsary lor the n￿ad￿8 to thwive. Tr FGVW crwnad Bgck Pa3turg was ￿t WKI rakgd ￿t01￿5 by lan. 8 n￿M ryN)toffjod W ￿th apwowale attach￿nts. This to locate a secorKI hoTrJ mK*il￿WhdI hwo PUrth3￿ to ath.ng and rak¥4 ea51 fot Lts to tatry OUL Fc1kn￿ftg ￿ on in 2019. a fvrtl*rarea pa￿W￿[knty rnkgd. s¢41ifrtd #nd The $ma15 por¥J n8Xt toAudrtys m•adowwas reLYeabJ a grartfrom thè Laads Parks F￿￿. Vojurthrn al80 earrted out lrf)ath rnpalrs, path ¢leararK4 man•j￿ntw0rk0n ff••Jtr*s on a rngular bas(s througheth thè year. aknrvJ with 8 sesshyts ol Baknm bashwvj HI J￿￿1jufy to k88p Hw•an Thrp)rt at bay. The 8¢tron rromings W8￿ I￿rted to a [rn￿um of30 Fwle to athteve s*ty forttp and tha usws of the W(￿d$. Dlane Killc*. once agatTr provbJ8d cak•s, txms and 0thortr•ats for our vdunteers and Joan and 141ervyn Clayton bwhiabry lats￿. protsc1r￿ qquit d￿r￿r￿j malernh. all the nec8ssary SU￿1ng in rnomingj w￿J￿In1 haprth wdh¢Krttl* supwt all woyrfle. So, looking at 2020. whd&twe We￿nI at4e to or4￿￿• a Fun Day. or a cekntrKat￿ evwrt or opon the Bath House ft>r ts heri*e 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 ofourexis*n¢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 ir￿1￿18d. have t¢nefftted tslrnwultyand t*wty ol *s rotural wothj, sode* tho horrors oftho par*Jemio it was to see tha woods used Addlllon*l InfOrn￿On * be 8Fent over tha accwntirpJ F•IKxJ.w•s•ryakn ol o of par8mJunt wwiants. In pursutt ofthr&. 0￿rati￿j R*$￿ ￿1] t• hekl in an inkrest téarirvJ aD)JUfrt s￿leCt to th• c4)nsKJeraiv* set ouiat Chaws ass*wl te h*J li ¢ash. The Chantywill plac4 ¢8sh onty wilh b8nk5 buill•wJ soaelw are to actspt tyt Pred8nUal RegulatiOnAUth￿1ty ar¥J thè FNrKAal Cry*JudAuthryity. Cash ￿￿k1 wilh any inblubm wll not Openin9 or dtssiNJ ofbank and bjihlirg soc* ￿￿nts aUlh(￿ bytr* Tn￿1￿￿$. 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 acco￿t 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@c￿mM￿ prci•cL £7.818 11 rknglenc*l lor n0Tr￿HLF tskg w￿k £15.528 ts 4) Sor￿1￿ fwl¥. Told trw)Th la2131 from gmt awards, donatiorn. rrerthanth saks aTrJ internst aTrJ tOtslexpwk*￿re{£13.395I artt sKJniftsnty I￿r than the "or2017.2018 a¢ctyJnting peTwd CthTh>19 pandwK. purpose of Ih? R•sÉNes Pdrcy FGVW B towffjure sta1￿1￿ cl ￿01r4 crflhe d￿rIty. 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 Pol￿e8 of FGVW and Is Intond8d to supp<*rt thè goal$ and 6tra*g¢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$forof land assèt on winding up. Atthis st898. Ihe charity does not have 80t or predtclable operabng expenses and financial eommitmènls which nggd to be a￿OUnted for in the Operatlng Res9The. An adth￿n81 sum will be hekl 8$ partofthe l>rating ￿se￿O to account fordosts theurnd shoukl a nHjor evanl such as the Fun day te cancelled. Thlswill ba ealculatod a5 lh8 averag? ￿$ts of Ih? Ihree preceediry Fun days. Rea8on8 for holdlng zfjro r￿er￿S NIA Funds motorfally In deficlt None Explonatlon of any uncertalnlles al>out the charlty ¢onllnulng as a golng concem Nono Structure overnance and man ement 0￿crIP￿Ort of tho charitys Irusts Typè of governlng Constitulion How th• eharlty Is constllutsd cio Tr￿tte 8el•ctloh m•thod8 In¢ludlng TrL*tè6s must be drawn from the membership ofthe CIO dolails of any constitsrflonal provl8lon$ 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 Ca￿rt 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. ResPon￿bIlItIeS 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 20￿79 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 De￿rnbel 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 lo￿79 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