2021-12-31-accounts

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:1169599} Trustees Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2021 Charity accounts preparation & independent examination service

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (c￿ Num￿.1169$95) Contents Index Page Report of the Trustees Independent Examlner's Report Recelpts & Payments Accounts Statement of Assets and Llabilities Notss to the Accounts

Trustees. Annual Report Frorn: 0110112021 To: 31112fd021 Chorwg fvll n•m• Frf•nd• olGhdhow V•lloy Ivoods Reqlstered Ch4rfty numb•r ObJ•etlvM and aetlvltl 3umm•ry oftho pwrpo84• ofth• charlty o•t out In Its go¥•mlng do¢um•nt l}To promote the corthrvatlon. PToledlon and enh8ne4monl oflh• phy85c•l and natural emilro￿ent oltho ar•a kncmm 88 Gledhow Valley Wcod8 in north Lg¢dl'lh8 Wood8J for tha b•nefft ol the genoral publ1¢. Inejudlng In partlojlar by.. lalprotectlng the natural trauly of thè Woodl. Ibl maintaining and improving fvcilltw$ wlhin the Woods. ouch as pathB arKI ￿8￿n9. Icl promoting biodlversty In the W¢¢d$, Idl Incre88lng publ￿ awaren888 ol Ihg Wood8 ond Ihlr c4>n8évatton, protsdon and •rthancmont. ond refiedlng th& nlorn ond c•ncam8 ofth• wtilereemmunity in reL4tion to th• Wood$. lel actirffj io prevent developmenl In tho Wotrji wh8r• Such ￿•￿lOp￿nI m•y be con1•￿￿ d•maghi9 th• W¢x418, flor• •NI f•una or value a8 & wmrnunty amenlty, In worklng wlth othergroups Ihat hav8 an Inter¢8t In , o)ntrol ovar or fe8ponslbllfty ftsr thoWood8 In thJrtharanc• ol the objects of FGVW. Indudlng r¢l•vanl publk aulhor#kg8 ond oth•r local s>JmmunStygfoup6, 21 To •noag• In any •thltt•8 vthtch In the reaBcnabl? oplnlon of Tfu$ts8$ •r• wnduth, ancllllary or Indd•nt•l to any of the 8umm•ry dthg m•ln acil¥ltE•• In r•l•tlon to tho•• purpow for th• p￿blE¢ b•n•fil In partl¢ul•r, tho •¢tMU••i pvol•cts Of ••r¥lc•• Id•ntlfl•d In th• accounts 101 FGWI o)nllnued lo work the main land owners. Le¢d• City Counryl •nd lh• W#de• ChArty to Nnpbm•Tht th• rnanagem•nt plon •ftd r¢mo¥o lh• inc¥••g1Thg amount ol IM•r arkl lty tlps. Ibl FGVW own a field In th• Wood•, eAll8d Boc Pasturn, and ￿ ¥r• mAnaglrtg rt a8 a ￿ld flaw•r m•adow lo ImpLwe b￿d￿ara1ty Icl FGVW h¢Ad monthly a¢l￿ft rnomlngB dolng a varfed r#ng0 ol prol•d• from foolpath ropalr to 8WroJ Ihe m•Jowa. Idl The rnIn•￿ent plan18 implemnled lo Improve the biodlvernlty. FGW morw 8 %￿ld flwr rn8ad¢yw8 and woth to grad1￿te1c0nITol Invaslvo oped￿. {•) THE FGVW annual Fun Day promot•• and attmcl8 feedbac on th? w￿k ol th• ¢h•rfty, Th• •v•ntw•• •tt•ndod by over 1000 k)e41 p•opl8. In The 17th Cgntury 8ath Hou8•, IIK)Ugh not ¢y•m•d by FGVW, IB OFoned eaL ￿ar on th• Horlty O￿n weekend In S•ptembw. Igl Th¢ FGW webirt•18 tho maln provld•r of Infom•tton oboth th• group and Vont•Gtwtth FGIM wpportorn l• by regular • mall8. Ihl FGVW liqi8• th th• pdV•le1g￿MOrn ￿re nece88ary. 111 The Truotew Steerfng group •ny proj•ct team8 Ila19e vAth vurfous pubfr Wl•$. indudlng th? m•ln1ondfMnw8 th• W8do1 Chadty a￿1 LeedB Clly Coundl. W• In regular ￿ntaC1￿1h coundl 88Ctorn, Park8 and Counlry8th, F¢Ktttry, Land Dralna99 Fl¢x¥J RIBk Manaqemtrnt. (il Thoro h•ve t4gn regular Partn•r• mwtlng• lo o¥•rMe th• prolad to deg(M Gle¢Mkn¥ bk•. att•nd••B from L￿1# C Coundl, Groun¢thvork and thtr W8fdo$ Ch#rity. Ikl FGVW albo con8ub vAth oul•lde bodlos. Indudlro Yth•hlre Waier, the Wo¢xliqnd TM8t, £￿10[d Envlronmonl•l, L8Q8w H•b￿t M•nag8mont. 111 FGW 0180 h•8 a communty eng89emgnl pr&Jramme, a￿D￿￿ted vAth Ihe18k• project th ha8 Invoved Ilnklng wmh 3 local promory 8cool8. arts organ19atk>ng, TCV, a lo¢al ¢ommuntty cntr• and nurneroug other groups.Thl$ progrnmrne plBc•d on hokl forth• duratton of 2020. All lh• Tr￿1￿ h•v8 pald regard to th? Ch8rlty C¢mmi88lon'8 Publ￿ ténofft guts18r￿. W? laka M In to •rKount In our daciior Th8 inJ8iée8 ￿Tr$tder that thtsy compt(ed I￿th thelr dutits lo hwe r•gwd to th8 publlc benefftgUtd•n(* pubN8h•d by Chgrfty Commisston. Contribution made byvolunteor•.' Our volunteern make ofth• tèodln9 Frk•nd8 groups kn Leeds. Th& 8vwag8 number of volunteers attendln9 action mornlng$ I#￿411 over 30. Forthe Feriod of thi8 r8por( V+t had 10 adlon rnomlngs In 2021. W• ￿M￿ed the attendance for 80¢i81 di$tanong re88on8, but •tlll carne with 8 hoalthy average of 33 for 2021. There are many otheTs conlribuling throughout Ihe year, nol ju$1 •t 8¢tion momlThJg. TheTe IB rnuch pMpar8tory and extfa worft to do. ak•ng wth rneeting$ and th8 8wal medla team are akw8y8 ¥dAie. Thanks to Adam and C8rol Bull, Stsv8 Jon88-Bkndiet(0ovk MiK88.Sl¢phon Tyft<l818-Blsc#28. Mewn and Jo¥n Cl8y¢tyi and Trwor and Dkgne Kitto lor thglr •xtra c<Jnlrfbutions.

A¢hlwmnts and porfom Summary of th• maln •¢hlewmwts ofth• ch•rlty. the J&. hav• prniwjed on exape from th& slrnsses ofthe tht 2 yp?￿ aNI has no do￿ be￿ ￿1￿ll¥J on a huge scak9. We hthj 10 acon MoM￿@S ift 2021. of restridm li Felyuary. Marth to JU￿. ￿ ￿)n￿ntId on nprovTng the paths and H￿rki￿ on the W and FrfAvJ in W Pastufv. A m8prdY4er￿Tr oftl7Att#Jlarttl f•th was omplgtgd. ryeating artothersectM of step free. •J8rfoc4pth. 141ervyTr Clayton mad• a b&)ch for the new ge(#ion of path, to vthith a plaqu• r•memtering Gtem, ￿ ol our ¥objr￿w0S atlar4d. We ￿)r￿a on the le￿1 he(lag arour¥J th• take. &yne plants wre dug in to convertth¢ de•J hedg8 into a arAI it Ifds torw up ¥Mth mat•rAI. We P￿nted around 3)0 in the pollarfed 8edions ofthe Beeth to prewus pkntings in trwo areas. Later in Ihe ￿Or, thg V+Thk oJnontrot8d on thè vital annual tss ofoJtbTrJ a￿1 rakry tt vld Ilryr me•d(w& This we aLieNpd obpr 4 months. Imth the h of Herkyernon Leg8Of Habitat aThJ our baTrJ olvoluntaers. bt IS qU¢t• an aethYement to ma￿tsin Ihg aThbJal necessary for to thri4t. The FGVQI ¢1￿8d Bet& Pasture again ￿t •nd raked Into ￿ne$ by lan. a modem aFPrO￿ attaclunents. HMv•r. The ab￿ to assist lan, by using our Motor￿¢￿ 9We as 4LThus. Beck Pasture •rxl rnked in undere houTr. Folbw&ing up on wcrk 2019 and 2020. • fulther aTra of Bed¢ Pashwe Vds dosety ¢xrL raked. segjed ￿ a mix ofwk1 flmr ts)ntslnlng a great pfoportron ofYelTh¥ Ra￿ seed. The re5u#s Sew in 2020 8rKI 2021 iMprw￿,With less rank gr￿ more wikl fI)￿rS so V+E 8re k<irwJ forvrt￿ to seeirg the sam8 in 3)22 W8 disappointed to fjrKt th the next lo mèadow had teen mal¢w$ty damaged. We repaired th• damage and Apro¥e(I OfX4SS to the p￿J. Volunteer$ 4ko carmj out fo￿9th r8patrs. path dearance and marA9ement ￿rk on the lake rn8ad￿ on a regularbasi8 thro￿￿￿￿J1 the y. M4th a fvs8s8•)n5 of B¥•n Jun&lJuty to the Himakqyan at bAy. actN)n momfjrffjs lrnited to a maxinum of 30 pwJple tts achiknt Sa￿ forthe atte￿10#$ and the users olthe Woods. Dia atto, onr again provthd ddK¥oLL% eakes, burts aThJ 011￿rtreats for(nJr viAuntews Joan and clay￿ brought along th0 ta￿. prvtethe èquipmen( rn￿. au the r￿e$SOry svJnivJ li sheets, ii5k lob alkjcations and everythlng eLqe for a succssful. safe momly. The actson m￿11￿ h¥p￿ Without the support they al pn)vpJe. e rètumed In 2021. Davtyj Mdes has tirelessty to dthrc•mmunity ery•3emgnt assocaated with the HLF lake Many dthrent gfouFO have e￿a￿all *ith 8$ a res￿1 of hs effcrfts. From aehools planting hedgès to wask grtsw, dar s•sslons. art aTrJ phclo3wath. Thart you Davhd.IhThfrA able lo Day. or a Lake Cekbration evenl, Vd able to Lyn the Bath How forts Fknitage open ekeTh1. We hwj a c¥nstant stream ol ¥￿￿or3 thoughout tt oftgmoon event aTrJ they enjosd ts refreshrnwts ¥ThJ $018s gct¢Js on offer. * Mere also abk to atteThJ the muth thanged Chapel Atsrton Arts Fest￿1. he&1 o¥er 2 dayB at fv Gkdlthy d￿$. Wtr had a suc£essfvl tirne at lovaty e￿t aTrY venLW. meeting the thal pu￿￿on￿ again and ofour aw. Thanks to the gerwryJs ws¢thip ofwendy jo[￿ B￿a￿ett Cords. ￿ had somèddKdhtlul to meet the dern￿ l¢x4 wbk altar a blank year in 2020. Our Inccme and expellditure has beon muth more balan￿ ywthanks lo tng #bb trj attend evenls On￿ mor• and the fantsstic donatk?n 01£1000 from group memberThwp84 Willrdms. Theresa ra¢ès lurth ts hlartii aThl FGW in her 4)ar• time. Thk4 generous donakn makes suth a drffwwto oursmal Tharth TIV￿. Flnanelal r•vlw blow ofthe ctharftyjj fmn¢lal poslllon •tthv end ofthe wlod Oe8Wte re￿1[15 beu¥ up on L981￿r. llKeaJ [￿. lo hns¥o¥NpJ the m Ihrwgh sigrwge and *vrkshoF4. there

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Indep￿dent examinerfs report to the trustees of Friends of Gledhow Val I report on the accounts ofr. Frfends of Gledhow Valley Woods for the period ended: 31st December 2021 which are set out on pages 6 to 8. Responsibllltles and basis of report Woods As the tharity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the AcV}. I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng out my examinatlon I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) of the ACL Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to belleve that in any material respect: i accountlng records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by sectlon 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connertion with the examinatlon to whlch attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 0710512022 Karen Wood (ACMA) Outsource independent examlnatlon service The Hiscox Buildin8 Peasholme Green York YOI 7PR Date:

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:11695991 Recelpts & payments accounts for the 13 months to: 31st December 2021 Z021 Totsl funds 2020 Total funds Unrestricted funds Restrfcted funds Receipts Grants received Donations Events Merchandlse sales Member subscriptions Bank interest Totsl recelpts Payments Seeds, tree work & grass cutting Workshops & events Signage & information Consultancy & restoration work Artwork & exhibitions Materials & action mornings Tools & equlpment Insurance , subs & licence fees Administration costs Merchandise costs Advertising & publicity Independent examination Donations to other organisation5 Bank charges Volunteer's expenses & glfts Totsl payments 2,250 625 2,450 1,766 1,225 720 185 33 2,500 520 1,141 1,225 720 185 33 ios 55 33 826 6,214 3,065 2,726 6,214 3,065 2,327 857 7,198 564 50 564 2,136 2,344 462 199 79 2,086 2,344 462 50 79 356 2,247 60 149 50 300 loo 300 Net of recelptsllpayments) Transfer between funds Balance brought forward Balance carrfed forward 13,905) 11.454) IS,528 (7,993) (11,898) 1,454 I4￿16 (10,182) 30344 40,526

Frlends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:1169599) Statement of assets and Ilabllltles at: 3tst December 2021 2021 Total funds 2020 Total funds Unrestrlcted funds Restrlcted funds Cash at bank and In hand Current bank account Deposlt account Petty cash 6,365 3,328 476 8,277 14,642 3,328 476 27,013 3,295 36 2021 Total funds 2020 Total funds Unrestrl¢ted funds Restrlcted funds Llabllltles Independent examSnatlon fee 300 300 300 300 300 300

100 Number.11695991 TheTw5tees have tsken ath4antagedsth 144121 ofttCharttsAct2011 and p￿pared the accountson a rKelpts and p)Y￿nts b351 Thame Lake5 Gledhow ￿ke IMFXVrnr￿t￿0Yks Thriving Communi￿$ NHLF Carofs Bench L454 P05t Martln v￿￿$ WlkllWeTntyt Coop Communlty Gfarrt 931 931 s￿47 5N7 Space2 Leeds NHiF 8.452 L454 Donatlons Totsl Re5¢rl¢W Fw 14J16 S IOW 4454 8277 Y¢1ts5 Fund5 30344 6J79 Is￿7 There Is a ftnal Instslln*Thtof £Skto be pald tothe NHLF f￿dOn1￿npkn of tht pmJecL Fundswlll be trarthrred backto On￿ thlsfvnthngls0bta1n￿.

The ￿XIand accoUnts￿re approved at a n*etln¥oftheTn￿ held on: ned f•rand on beh•llolthe intyttts Pllnt Mme Posithon le&