Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:11695991 Trustees Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2022 Charity accounts preparation & independent examination service Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods (ao 1￿mber.1169s99j Contents Index Page Report of the Trustees Independent Examiner's Report Receipts & Payments Accounts ststement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Accounts Trustees. Annual Report From: O**t)Ir2022 To: 31n1r￿2* Charlty• fvll nam• R•g1St•r￿ Charfty n4mib•r 1189599 ObJecfjve• and actlvloeo 8umm•ry ofth• pury>o•M olth• eh•rfty *•t oul In Its gowrnlno do￿￿￿￿ Valley Wood8 In north Leedsllho Wood8I for th• b•r*fft ofth8 In parlwlw ty.. (alprot•LXlng the nalural beaity ol the Woods, (bl matntalnlng and Improvlng fadlues *4th1n Woods. *￿11 # pthi •Th1 e•alkvJ. Icl promoting blodfverslty h) the Wood8. Idl Increa$lng putAk awarene8B olthe Woth w¥1 INr C¢Mev•kn. piotthi •nd Inha￿￿ r•tsdng thè oplnlon8 •nd ncem8 ollhe vAder Communty In relauon lo thè w£￿8. {•18dlnq to pr￿n1 d•vthpmw)I In the Wood8 vAwe may b• d•m*ng tho Woods. florn ond f8una cv If8 v&1￿ as • corMiunMy amentty, 11) *rKklng wlth other grouw that hab* on Internst In. contml ¢J¥er or refjpM• kythe Wooth In fvrthw4nce olllw obl•ct8 of FGVW. In¢bAlng relevant publlc #nd other knc41 oJrrwnur*y gr￿p8. 21 To •np#g0 kn •ny •clth (Ith• TW•t0￿ •r• condth. •n￿lOry or IncJdMthI to any of iho 8umm•ry of th• m•ln actl*Atl•• In r•thllon to tho•• puTro••• lorlh• b•n•K In p*deul•r, th• acti￿tIN pmJ•cts or Thflc•# IdontlfE•d In th• •¢¢¢Junt• lal FGVW hav• conttnuod lo vAth Ihe m•ln ¢ykniw8. Legds CNY •ntt thè W•d•8 Ch•rty to Impleffl•nl tho M•n8￿Ment plon 8nd r8mo¥e tho h)creaskng jmothtt ol ￿ aThl fy IW. Ibl FGVW own • fiekl In Ihe Woods. ¢8l*d Bo(* P88lure. and ￿ arn rn•naghw tt u a **1 mo•dw to knpo¥o blodl¥èr8My Icl FGVW hokl monlhty action momtsig8 dcAng 8 varted rangtr of w*•cl8 from looWth rnpolrto Ihe meadows. Id) The management ptsn18 Iwmented to Imwo4w Ihe bM¥e(sty. FGVW man•g• 6 wlkj flrylwr meadryAry and WO￿ to oradkatelcontrol Inva8fve Ipeckn. (•) ThE FG￿ annu81 Fun Oay proffth• and qttr•¢a8 fwdb•¢* on thts*•J￿ ofltr* ¢h¥lty. Th• •¥•nt w•8 4tt•ndod ty ¢y40r loty) loul pwpl&. {0 Th• 17th Century 80th House, though I￿( FGWI. IJ opeMd eath th? Herft•ge Opw ￿ekend In S8plember. (g) The FGVW ￿b941• l& the m￿n wovthf of hfonnauon •boui group and tt• •cil¥lilo8. Vont•ct V•lth FGW •upport•r818 by rngular e molh. Ih) FGVW wtth the pfva¢• lar#1Mi•rB nec¢wy. Th• Tru8loes, Steerlng group ond ary Pro￿ tearns118o• wlth b(ths. mth I•￿10Wn0TS th• Wade8 Chorlty aTh1 Leeds Cty cow￿. W• arn kn regul8r¢YMrto¢t wlh c¢xmcll 8eLkn•. Pwkl and cwltr￿￿. For•sty, Land DralnAgè 8nd Flood Rlsk M8n8gemenl. O) Thefe have been reguLqr Partn•f8 to o¥eTra• tho •clto d••fit Gl•dhrM ￿k￿. Thlth altendw• Le•d$ Cfty Coun¢M, Groun(k¥ork and the Wafd88 Cti8rity. Ikl FGVW al80 ¢¢M8un8 V*tth s. One set of steps off G18d1￿1 Lorn werg ￿mpl&￿ty fthirbl$hed 2022. The numerous varylng *ngths of l￿dger(Y*l have been Ixoteded frun out competed 8nd thelr graw1h enrK￿rn9ed to b8com• ¥8luablè wifdtfif* ¢orrtd¢xs. Th• 6 rmad0￿. ￿1 ty FGWI. no￿ 3 mc¥th¥ tsf Cutthg and fakthg tts enab theffl lo conllnue to fiourlsh. Our n8W ffl¢)*w ond nv*er W rake attachment have proved th* *Trlh. e&ped1￿ in Ihè18rgar meadows. We alK* dld Som• *rfkl fhyw F4Jg planth)9 and rcthatsd a 8aciton of Bedt Pa8turn folllyw￿ ty Trsee(Ilng a suRabte ML¥ of V•lld 8eed. 8 new hay r8ke8 recthd ty tht ¥0￿￿ee￿. Besldes the maInt￿￿nce of our a88•ts. otrffjr actlon momlng induded *nting hedgeriMT, akng ￿1h tree and I￿$hol In paits of th• t*nod*nd. The Bath hou88 ralllThJ8 war• prop8￿d and prfmed lor palntiNJ 8rAJ • turther benth IMl•W. In l)et*w•n a¢#1￿ m(Ynlng8, FGVW hold an ovenl lo celebrate the Condu￿¢￿ of Ihe HLF lo knprove Gledhw Lake. Thgr*8 to Davtd IAl8s. Jll Darflwon 8rtd Adrfan Coltman for 0rgonl8lng 8u¢h a lo¥ety event 81 the k*08hle kn Awfj. Thè ¥ery HLF has n(MT Lbndud•d. wtth the flnal trAnch6 of fundh)g bekng pald lo FG14W fvnds. Thanks to Da¥td M￿8 for 8teerkng the prol&X Imm begknnhg lo ond. Tho 89th Hou$e VMB opened 48 part of the Naknl Hertt89è Open Weekend thnts and **omed over 200 viBttoTr keèn to 6eo knslde ihe bulldlng and 8ample Ihfr r•frothm•nts. Thank$ to 411 Its ¥dunto•rn for runnkng th• o¥•nl 4nd gpKlg1 thgnk$ to Dl•n• Kttto lof provldlng Ihe marvelknu8 affay of cake8. Ber* Pasture wa8 0￿8 Op￿￿d to the publc on tha N•th)Ml meadly￿ opan day our v181tor¥ w•re able to the oft•Ald 110￿r8 Ihrf¥try In •ndent paslwe. Tr stsll 01 thg Chapel lJl8rton Festlval w48 a gre•1 8ucrm$ finandalty 8nd thrO￿h engagen*nt t*Ath many of thg fdk Ih•t Glgdhry* Wood$.Thonk$ to JI tho h•lp8rs and to W•ndy Jan￿ Black•tt Lld for gr••trq8 card8 for us to Mll to fundi. Th•r• w•re a )￿pIe old1￿[￿oIn11n9 2022. Th tree tw kll th& kgke. n••ty degtroythg th¢ FGVW ￿l#lety. Shoukl ha￿ lJ••n d•alt vAth b•for• h fel as L••d8 Cty F¢x•6ty rncafrrtd wam1￿ about Ir$ p•rkni• •tst•, bul hlled to act In Ilme. LCC t•AI be rnpalrkng ts letty and sumJun(ling area owty in 2023. Tr other Inc4dont bn¥clv•d per3on8 unknown remO￿n0 a 8•Ctlon of n8wty instsw wcoden rnlllngs wol•thg thg wblk frrmn a sl•ep drop nexl to • 8e¢tbn of footpaih. In¢ldgnt$ Ilko thls •re Ihanklulty rar• In lh• W¢)ods 8nd rap8e8ffthi m•lal ￿￿n9& In8tatrad by FGVW voluni•ern. Thank8 to M8Thyn Claylon for I￿oIng lh• •ngln•wlng t••m. Cw 8tor•s once agath dMM• FGVW to b• a ofthe* CommunNy Fund. Th58 Is a f8nta¥lt help to our •nd Ire grnteful to Ihe Co4 for th•tT BUPPOrt. The ￿r ended vAlh thank you •￿11 for volunt•¢rn In Ihe Thre• Hulqt•. A ¥wy •alWq FGVW. Th•r& >ru to •1 the ¥0￿rIe•r$ mokg It 011 P0881ble Fln•ncl•l r•vl•w R•vl•w of th• ¢h•rlty'• fln•n¢l•l po•lllon •1 th• •nd ol th• porlod stat•m•nt exptslnlng th• pollcy for holdlng [•••1￿ 8laUng TAhy th•y arn l*ld The purpose of th& RMerve$ POW for FGVW is to ensu￿ 8tsbif6ty ofthe opwalkni of th8 diAIty. R88•tv•$ aro Int•nd•d lo pmh1e an Inlem818our¢e olfunds tr ￿8th>￿ aB a sudden in¢¥M8e in experAes. on&llm8 unbthJg8t8d expense8, unanttdpaled bsB In funding or uninswed bsses. Th• T•ser¥es also be used for ortrliff*. ftcfftrrecuthng exp8nsesthat bulld g.lemi ¢apaO, 8u¢h 8$ inwstment wi tsrfr8StnKture. Reserve8 are not intended to repLqce a permanenl1038 olfurth LV •*nknate an Thv•Jtng bUrtg￿ gap. It Is the Int•nlton of FGVW k reserve8 to b• used and repla￿h8￿ *ilhin a short of tin•. Tr Ro8erve8 Polcywfjl be W￿p￿mentsd in con¢erl wsth other govemance and finandal poI￿leS of FGVW and is hlwbjed to supp￿1 the goals arKI stralegi8s d9t¢￿ined ty the Tw8lee8. The tsfget Mlnlmum Operatwig reserve has been sel at £ICW. being equal to one years ￿￿rInce w8mlum and likety legal 18•$ 10 d981 vhth gny transfer of the ￿nd asset on wrN1ing up. At thi5 Stage. ￿ tharity do&$ not ha¥e set or predthtAe operating •xpenses and Ilnancial cornfflrfments need lo be acwunt&J for in the O￿ting R•88No. An addRlonal sum VAII be h*J a8 Part ofthè Oparatvy resefft to acctsjnt tr ￿)51$ trmwrrad ShO￿d a mah% Suth as the Fun day be cancelled. Thls ￿[1 be fAknlakn1 a8 the 44vaBe (x*ts of Ihe three wec*ethn9 dw*3. Reasom far ￿ldIng z•ro NIA Fund8 mat¢rfalty In dgfictt Explan•tlon of any un¢•rtalnll•• aboutth? clmrfty Cofbtlmlng a• a gol•vJ c¢)n¢èm No Descrlptlon ofthe ¢harfY• trusts Type of90￿rnIng docwrnrt Trustse lthdon ffloth0(ts IncludlnB TrLthes nmtst be dr￿￿ from thg Wnber8￿ cio detall$ of any ¢oMtlbJtlonal pyovi8lon¥ e.g. electlon ta Post or name ol any person or boty ¢ntitl•d to appolnt one or morn t￿￿1￿9 Charfty• prfndpal addres8 Postrxth LS7 4JL N9M￿ ofthe tftNIe￿ who thec aThyl Martin Cafvgrt steve Jones*Black8tt Naoml Watis-Kil Namos and addresse8 ofad¥l8ern ol•d¥ther lThlepgndonl Exarnln Yo Y01 TrR 8ank•rB HSBC UK Bank PLC PO Box 1( 33 Pa￿ RrMT. L¢eds LS11LD Declarntlon The trustees d¥¢lare that they have approved the Trusttts Annual Report and Accounts Slgned on behall ol tM eharlty'& tr￿lee8 Slgnature Full Nam• Po#ltlon Date Martin Calvert Chair Ind endent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Friend5 of Gledhow Vall Woods I report on the accounts of: Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods for the period ended: 3tst December 2022 which are Set out on pages 6 to 9. Responslbilities and basls of rewt As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts In accordance wlth the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the ACYI. I report In respect of my examination of the Charlty's accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng o(rt my examination I have followed all the applicable Dlrections glven by the Charlty Commlsslon under section 145(5){bl of the Act. Ind•pendent examlnevs statement I have completed my examination. I confirni that no material matters have come to mv attention in connertlon with the examinatlon glvlng me cause to believe that In any material respect: l accountin8 records were not kept In respect of the Trust as requlred 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 connectlon wlth the examlnation to whlch attentlon should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsndlng of the accounts to be reached. 2710412023 Karen Wood (ACMA) Outsource Independent examination se￿[ce The Hlscox Bulldlng Peasholme Green York YOI 7PR Date: Frlends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:1169599) Recelpts & payments accounts for the year endl 31st t>ewnber 2022 2022 Total funds 2021 Total funds fund$ funds Recelpts Grants recelved Donatlons Events Merchandlse sales Member subscrlptlons Bank Interest Totsl recelpts Payments Seeds, tree work & grass cuttlng Workshops, events & exhlbltlons Si8nage & Informatlon Carol'5 bench Deflbulator Materlals & actlon mornlngs Tools & equlpment Insurance, subs & licence fees Admlnlstratlon costs Merchandlse costs Webslte, advertisin8 & publlclty Independent examination Donatlons to other organlsatlons Bank charges Volunteer's expenses & 8lfts Total payments 935 4.301 8,197 935 9,132 5,236 2,450 1.766 1.225 720 185 33 2,759 290 20 2,759 290 20 1,773 4,057 1,773 4.057 2,726 6,778 3,065 290 935 290 935 745 802 413 io 745 802 413 2,136 2,344 462 199 79 io 50 300 50 300 300 loo 79 79 Net of recelpts/(payments) Transfer between funds Balance brought forward 7W7 (5335) 8277 io (11.898) 5335 10.169 18,446 30,344 Frlends of Gledhow Valley Wood$ (CIO Number:1169599) 5tstement of assets and IFabllltles at: 31st December 2022 2022 Total funds 2021 Total funds Unrestrlrted funds Restricted funds Assets Cash at bank and In hand Current bank account Deposit account Petty cash 14,943 10,839 25,782 14,642 3,328 476 563 563 10.839 2022 Total fund5 2021 Total funds Unrestrlcted funds Restrlcted funds Llabilities Independent examination fee 300 300 300 300 300 Frlends of Gledhow Valley Woods (CIO Number:11695991 Notestothe a¢countsforts p•rl¢MI ended: l. Basls of accounts 3tst Detemb•r 2022 The Trustee5 have taken advantage of sectlon 144121 of the CharitiesAct 2011 and prepared the accounts on a recelpts and payments basls. l Restrlcted lfftcornefunth Fynd name Likes Lakes Phase 2 Thriving Communltles AED Donate Carol's Bench Gledhow lake improvement works In¢omln8 Resourtes Tr•n5fe r•sour¢es expended lance fwd blfwd Unrestrlrted Funds 8,30 5,33 Lakes Martin W1115 Wlldllfr Trust Coop Communlty Grant 596 5.847 596 5,847 Lakes Phase 2 Wades ThrIvI￿ Commynltle5 Space2 Leeds 1.209 197 AED Donate Carol's Bench Oonation5 Dqflbulator Donatlons Total ReStrIrt￿ Funds 8,2TI 9,132 ¥235 (5,3351 10,8Y9 Total Funds 18,446 17,437 9,538 26,345 Transfer between funds The final Installment of £5k was paid to the NHLF fund on completlon of the prolect. Funds were transferred back to unrestricted once thisfundinB was obtslned. The donations for Carol's berKh eX￿ded the cost ofthe benth plus commemoratSve plaque. The excess fund5 were transferred back to unre5trlrted reserves. 31st December 2022 The report and accounts were approved at a meetlng of the Trustees held I￿. . 23 04 .lo13 IL4. OL¥. 10£3 Skned for SIENE TohJE5 - ELALKEIT- T£EASIJR Prfnt name Posltkn (e4. Chalr etr)