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## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: 6[th] April 2020 To: 5[th] April 2021**
**Charity name: Sustrust**
**Charity registration number: 1170276**
**Company number:**
## **Objectives and activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of the public in the
principles and practice of sustainable
development.
To research or to fund research into the practice
of sustainable development.
To conserve, protect, manage and restore for
the benefit of the public the natural resources,
animals and plant life of Cornwall.
To advance the education of the public in the
ecology, conservation and management of
different habitats.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|During the current reporting period we have
managed woodland at Crenver and Fox Groves
and Pip’s Field and Carwynnen Quoit Near Praze
an Beeble in Cornwall|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the relevant
guidance.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related
investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and performance**
||Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Sustrust continued to manage Crenver and Fox
Groves for conservation purposes. Due to the
Covid situation no volunteer conservation days
were undertaken. We facilitated the use of
Crenver Grove and Pip’s Field for regular use
throughout the year by community groups,
including the local schools for outdoor events
and educational purposes. Children from four
local schools have learnt about the archaeology
of Cornwall, the natural world and the value of
woodlands in sessions meeting the educational
curriculum. Volunteer groups working to help
those with mental health or other difficulties
have also used the woods for confidence and
team building exercises.|
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## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives
Other
## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|We hold no reserves|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|We are such a small charity at present we do not
need reserves over and above our normal bank
balance|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are in deficit|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have sufficient funds to cover our likely
expenditure and there are no uncertainties of
this nature at present.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Sustrust continued to manage Crenver and Fox
Groves for conservation purposes. We
facilitated the use of Crenver Grove and Pip’s
Field for regular use throughout the year by
community groups, and schools for outdoor
events and educational purposes. Children from
four local schools have learnt about the
archaeology of Cornwall, the natural world and
the value of woodlands in sessions meeting the
educational curriculum. Volunteer groups
working to help those with mental health or
other difficulties have also used the woods for
confidence and team buildingexercises|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We are too small a charity to make investments|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|We do not own the woods we manage and have
appropriate public liability insurance, but a
significant accident could affect our public
reputation. We do insist on risk assessments
from allgroups or businesses usingthe woods|
for events and have warnings at the site entrances about safety of visitors. We also look after a re-erected Neolithic cromlech and similar considerations apply. Because we have not carried out any large projects financial risks have been very small during this reporting period. We will be working on a larger project for the future and will review risks accordingly. Other
## **Structure, governance and management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document: Para 1.25 Charity Commission CIO document
for example, trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO Foundation
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 New trustees are suggested by existing trustees
including details of any and a decision is made about appointing them
constitutional provisions e.g. by the existing trustees. This is in accordance
election to post or name of with Section 10 Option 1 of the Charity
any person or body entitled Commission CIO document
to appoint one or more
trustees
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties
Other
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charityname|Sustrust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|The Sustainable Trust|
|Registered charitynumber|1170276|
|Charity’s principal address|Sustrust
Keepers Cottage
Clowance Estate
Praze-an-Beeble
Cornwall
TR14 0NQ|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 D Williamson
2 L Jenkin
3 O R Fenn Chair
4 L P Fenn
5 R O Fenn
6 S Hawkey
7 J E M Sheils Treasurer
10
11
12
13
14
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15 16 17 18 19 20
## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
None
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None 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**|
|---|---|---|
|**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**
Due to Covid-19 a lot of our planned group activities have been put on hold. We are hoping to resume tree planting and other activities as soon as Government guidelines allow.
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Owen Robert Fenn **Position (for example** Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 05-02-2022
|Sustrust accounts 06.04.20- 05.04.21
Opening balance
Income
hire fees
gross interest
Expenditure
Insurance
£164.00
website hosting
£182.35
£346.35
Closing balance|Charity No 1170276
£4,679.03
£45.00
£6.43
£4,730.46
£4,384.11|
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