
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] October 2024            Period start date   To 2025                              Period end date** 

**30[th] September** 

## **Charity name: Muddy Fork** 

## **Charity registration number:1170128** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes<br>of the charity as set out in<br>its governing document|Para 1.17|Environment/conservation/heritage;<br>Recreation; Support mental wellbeing.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Horticulture and wildlife garden supporting<br>mental wellbeing.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Confirmation that all trustees have regard of<br>this Charity Commission guidance.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteer contribution is a major factor in<br>the running of the charity – we had 25<br>approx volunteers during the period|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Muddy Fork supported 100+ service users<br>over the period with their mental health.<br>Many of these service users reported<br>improvements in their mental health from<br>attending sessions at Muddy Fork|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Muddy Fork held a closing cash balance at<br>30thSep 2025 of £1,812 (inc petty cash)<br>Income in the period was £24,242 and<br>Expenditure was £26.175|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Principal funding is via donations and<br>grants|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Principal risk is not achieving donations<br>and grants to cover running costs for the 3<br>sessions per week|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|3 year term, annual review and election<br>every 3 years|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Full induction pack including DBS|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Muddy Fork|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1170128|
|Charity’s principal address|**Retford Enterprise Centre, Randall Way, Retford, DN22 7GR**|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Darren Read|||Board of Trustees|
||BarnabyVallance|||Board of Trustees|
||John Langton|||Board of Trustees|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Darren Stephen Read||
||<br>Chair of Trustees||
||30/07/2025||
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**Muddy Fork 1170128** 

## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** 

**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/10/2024 30/09/2025 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**4,085**<br>**22,090**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **26,175**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**26,175**<br>**-                 1,933**<br>**-**<br>**3,645**<br>**1,712**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**4,085**<br>**22,090**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,175**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,175**<br>**-                 1,933**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,242**<br>**4,085**<br>**22,090**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,175**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,175**<br>**-                 1,933**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|Total unrestrcited receipts|**24,242**|||||**9,749**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**24,242**|||||**9,749**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
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|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Purchases|**4,085**|||||**9,148**|
|Wages|**22,090**|||||**24,613**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**26,175**|||||**33,761**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**33,761**|
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||**-                 1,933**|**-**|**-**|**-                 1,933**||**-              24,012**|
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||**3,645**|**-**|**-**|**3,645**||**27,657**|
||**1,712**|**-**|**-**|**1,712**||**3,645**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

04/08/2026 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Bank a/c as at 30/09/25<br>Petty Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**1,712**<br>**-**<br>**100**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,812**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Darren Read|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Darren Read|30/05/2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

04/08/2026 

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