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:
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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 tr*auly of thè Woodl.
Ibl maintaining and improving fvcilltw$ wlhin the Woods. ouch as pathB arKI ￿8￿n9.
Icl promoting biodlversty In the W¢¢d$,
Idl Incre88lng publ￿ awaren888 ol Ihg Wood8 ond Ihlr c4>n8évatton, protsdon and •rthanc*mont. ond refiedlng th& *nlorn ond
c•ncam8 ofth• wtilereemmunity in reL4tion to th• Wood$.
lel actirffj io prevent developmenl In tho Wotrji wh8r• Such ￿•￿lOp￿nI m•y be con*1•￿￿ 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 implem*nled 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 8c*ool8. arts organ19atk>ng, TCV, a lo¢al ¢ommuntty c*ntr• 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 dac*iior*
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 <ulf•r￿ th• ¢h•rW• work h•8 midg to th•
¢1￿uMStanCe￿ ol Its benoll¢larlè8 and anywld•r benefits to 8oeW a8 • whole.
The Injstees a￿ happy to rèport on the FGVW ypar in 2W21, saw rrw)re oftlE re9ukqre*nts r•lwnlrvJ , an
inL¥e&sed numtor Ofa￿￿ rnomirwJ8 aTrJ the cgNMiunity engawent asxtaated *?th tr* HLF granL We o)titinu8d tow0￿ on Ihe
foolpaths. Trse crealedlrestored by FGWI 26 of our existen￿ us&J by huge numbers of10￿1
people thrnughout thè pand￿1¢￿ It has been ￿atsfyi[￿￿ to soe the ￿mUTrty the wcty>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 ac*on MoM￿@S ift 2021. of restridm li Felyuary. Marth to JU￿. ￿ ￿)n￿ntI*d on
nprovTng the paths and H￿rki￿ on the W and FrfAvJ in W Pastufv. A m8prdY4er￿Tr oftl*7Att#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 atlar4*d. 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 ts*s ofoJtbTrJ a￿1 rakry tt* *vld Ilry**r me•d(w& This we aL*ieNpd obpr 4 months. Imth the h
of Herkyernon Leg8Of Habitat aThJ our baTrJ olvoluntaers.
bt IS qU¢t• an aeth*Yement 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 fv*s8s8•)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$SOry svJnivJ li sheets, ii5k lob alkjcations and
everythlng eLqe for a succ*ssful. safe momly. The actson m￿11￿ h¥p￿ Without the support they al pn)vpJe.
e rètumed In 2021. Davtyj Mdes has tirelessty to dthrc•mmunity ery•3emgnt assocaated with the HLF
lake Many dthrent gfouFO have e￿a￿all *ith 8$ 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, V*d able to Lyn the Bath How forts Fknitage open *ekeTh1. We hwj a c¥nstant stream ol ¥￿￿or3 thoughout tt
oftgmoon event aTrJ they enjos*d 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 t*ng #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. llK*ea*J [*￿. lo hns¥o¥NpJ the m Ihrwgh sigrwge and *vrkshoF4. there
#A o¥¢r811 defidt re88r¥*s hwe faHÈn *. b￿the <lwty ts slth in a pogtion lorfvture year8.A
be made for propL* ne￿)￿8r.
3tAt•m•nt •xphlnlng the PON￿ ￿ holdlThg re•er￿ #t*tlng whythey¥rn Iwld

be used aThJ replefitsP¢diMthni 8 short oftinB. The Resww¥ PdiyTMI be inCCfiL*rt*th 0th8rwvomwtt and fiTrarKlal
poli￿ OF FGW and Is 1rtten￿j to surwl the goaL% Stra￿•￿%￿&terMD￿ by Ihe TnJst8es.
any tra￿fer olthe land as*1 ￿ vknthg up. Althi5 Stage. the ￿ does r#)t ho¥*sel orwedb*Bb* e>pew finandal
NIA
Funds mat•rfaKy In dellcft
Noffle
ExplaAallon of aryuncertalnlles *boultr* ¢l*rlty¢onllnulng a8 a con¢•rn
N¢ne
Do$￿￿py￿n dthg Charm￿$ tr
How 1he chrfty18 cono1
Tntytse ••l•ckn rnethodl Tn*tees must be dr•*n Imi the ofttp CIO
d•tsil8 of any ¢onsUlull(xwl
provl8lon8 e.g. elecvon to po•t or
nam• of any pernon or body •ndtlgd
to 4ppolnt •rmorn trusie
Chaws prfndpal addre
Yort8hThp
the ch•
Martin CAh•rt
NaomS Wal￿1￿110
Jiian Comman
Nam•s and addr￿8¢$ ofad¥lws
Independ•nt
Examlnor
Wotsj ACki4
Y01 7PR
8ankarn
LS7 4NU

Declaratlon
Th• tru8tM8 d•clarn tlmtthey hm 4pprovod th• TYu8tees Annual Report and Accounts
81gned on bohalfofthe ¢ttarl￿ tru8tse•
8llln•turn
Full Narn•
Po8ltlon
Martln Cafvort
Chalr

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 oftt*Chartt*sAct2011
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&