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|learn more about bees and bee friendly|
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|plants;<br>In particular copies ofthe calendar|
|were distributed<br>to residents<br>in Great Asby|
|to provide<br>information<br>for their community|
|project to develop a bee friendly garden<br>in|
|the village centre.|
|Swarm Collections:|
|Ofa team of 10swarm collectors, covering|
|Penrith<br>and the surrounding<br>districts, the|
|following<br>data, received from 9ofthem,|
|summarises<br>their swarm collecting activities:|
|A total of47calls were received.|
|The outcomes/<br>activities<br>in response to|
|these calls are shown<br>in percentages<br>to|
|illustrate<br>the relative proportion<br>ofeach|
|res onse tothe total.|
|Swarms collected<br>36%|
|No swarms collected because the<br>31%|
|calls involved wasps/<br>bumble|
|bees|
|No action taken because calls<br>33%|
|were identified as *inappropriate<br>/|
|orthe bees had already<br>flown/|
|*beeswere in an inaccessible|
|place/ orthe location was outside|
|the Penrith/<br>Eden Valley District|
|('Pre-visit photographs<br>avoided|
|unnecessa<br>visits|
|Lessons /carne:|
|i)"Asking the reporters ofthe 'swarms'<br>to|
|take photographs<br>to send the swarm|
|collector<br>before avoids the swarm collector|
|travelling<br>unnecessarily<br>ifthe photographs|
|indicate that the swarm is in an inaccessible|
|place orthat it is actually a wasp/<br>bumble|
|bee nest.|
|ii) A 'swarm vac' would be useful for the|
|association to purchase to loan to swarm|
|collectors.|
|iii) The local council needs to be aware of|
|the limitations<br>ofwhat bee keepers are able|
|to do in certain situations.<br>PBKA to arrange|
|meetings<br>with appropriate<br>council personnel|
|prior to 2023season commencing<br>to|
|develop an improved<br>strategy for|





||||||||||communicating<br>information<br>about 'swarms'|communicating<br>information<br>about 'swarms'|communicating<br>information<br>about 'swarms'|
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||||||||||and the role ofbeekeepers tothe general|||
||||||||||public.|||
|Statement|||confirming|||||Para 1.18|The Charity Commission<br>guidance on Public|||
|whether|the|||trustees||have|||Benefit has been made available to all|||
|had regard||||to the|guidance||||trustees.|||
|issued|by|the Charity||||||||||
|Commission||||on public||||||||
|benefit||||||||||||
|Additional||||information|||(optional)|||||
|You ma||choose to include further statements|||||||where relevant about:|||
|||||||||SORP reference||||
||||||||||All the trustees are volunteers.<br>They|||
|||||||||Para 1.38|contribute tothe running<br>ofthe organisation|||
|Contribution||||made by|||||and to the achievement<br>ofits objectives.||All|
|volunteers|||||||||members<br>are also 'volunteers'<br>and also|||
||||||||||support the organisation<br>in the management|||
||||||||||ofthe apiary and involvement<br>in the|||
||||||||||outreach<br>education<br>programmes<br>and|||
||||||||||presentations/<br>activities<br>with community|||
||||||||||groups.<br>Ateam of8 apiary managers<br>were|||
||||||||||involved<br>in making<br>regular visits to check||on|
||||||||||the bees at the association<br>apiary and to|||
||||||||||supervise<br>the handling<br>ofbees by beginners,<br>rovidin<br>'hands on' trainin<br>.|||
|Achievements||||||and|Performance|||||
|||||||||SORP reference||||
||||||||||The charity's work will have raised the|||
||||||||||awareness<br>ofthe general<br>public through|||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,||||||||Para 1.20|a)the production<br>of its calendar which<br>features<br>information<br>on bees the threats|to||
|identifying<br>the difference <br>charity's<br>work has made|||||||the<br> to||their survival<br>and the ways that they can <br>supported<br>through 'bee friendly<br>planting'||be<br>and|
|the circumstances|||||ofits||||'gardening'.|||
|beneficiaries||||and|any wider||||b) support for community<br>based projects|||
|benefits|to||society||as a||||designed<br>to improve the environment<br>for|||
|whole.|||||||||pollinators e.g. Great Asby Village|||
||||||||||c)The provision ofinteractive<br>presentations|||
||||||||||to visitors at local events and to community|||
||||||||||interest groups.|||
||||||||||These aspects ofthe charities activities were|||
||||||||||limited<br>by the ongoing<br>Covid 19restrictions.|||
||||||||||Members<br>have benefitted<br>and improved|their||
||||||||||beekeeping<br>husbandry<br>skills from the|||
||||||||||trainin<br>rovided<br>:|||





|i.e.-The Introducing<br>Beekeeping Course:|i.e.-The Introducing<br>Beekeeping Course:|
|---|---|
|16attended<br>during<br>July 2021||
|-Pre-assessment<br>study group tuition which||
|helped one member achieve the BBKA||
|BasicAssessment<br>award.||
|-The seminars<br>provided<br>during the winter||
|months<br>via Zoom when Covid 19restrictions||
|prevented<br>face to face meetings.||
|-The practical experience ofbeekeeping|at|
|meetings<br>at the Training<br>Apiary.||



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|Review|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|Para 1.21|F6,486to carry forward<br>includes: F750.65to|F6,486to carry forward<br>includes: F750.65to|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|financial<br>position <br>ofthe period||at the end|||pay to BBKAfor 2022 membership<br>and<br>insurance<br>cover. Residual funds f375.29||
||||||from a F1k Persimmon<br>Homes Grant to||
||||||purchase<br>display screens and bee hotel||
||||||model equipment<br>for the Hive Geometrix||
||||||Exhibition<br>planned<br>for May 2022.||
|Statement<br>explaining|||the|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to maintain<br>the apiary|in|
|policy for holding||reserves|||good repair in case ofstorm damage/||
|stating|why they|are|held||general 'wear and tear' and to have the||
||||||funds available to replace colonies ofbees||
||||||and equipment<br>in case ofcolony loss||
||||||through disease etc.To purchase<br>new / up||
||||||to date equipment<br>for specialist bee||
||||||husband<br>ur oses.||
|Amount|ofreserves||held|Para 1.22|E4,243.77||



|You ma<br>ch|oose to include fu|rther statemen|ts<br>where relevant about||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Membership<br>subscriptions||
||||Fund raising activities such as raffles,||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including||Para 1.47|'bucket collections' at events; production<br>annual<br>calendar; sales of honey +other|of<br> bee|
|any fundraising)|||products tothe general<br>public and members||
||||Grant a<br>lications fors ecific<br>ro'ects.||
||||Risk ofbee losses from attack by non-native||
||||species e.g.Asian Hornet;<br>Hive Beetle /|viral|
|A description|ofthe principal|Para 1.46|diseases e.g.American<br>Foulbrood<br>which||
|risks facing|the charity||would<br>require<br>all colonies and equipment|to|
||||be destroyed.||





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|Description<br>ofcharity's||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||
|Type of governing<br>document||Para 1.25|Charity Commission|CIO Constitution||
|iiIu5i riced, 1rival<br>her'ilai|)|||||
|How isthe charity||Para 1.25|Charity Commission|CIO Constitution||
|constituted?||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are elected|by members at|the|
|including<br>details ofany|||AGM. The eligibility|ofthe individuals|elected|
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||is checked out against the Charity|||
|election to post or name|of||Commission<br>criteria.|||
|any person or body entitled||||||
|to appoint one or more||||||
|trustees||||||



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|You ma|cho|ose to inclu|de fur|ther statemen|ts<br>where relevant about|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Trustees receive induction<br>training<br>and an|
||||||introduction<br>to their role which is led by the|
|Policies <br>adopted|and procedures<br> for the induction||and|Para 1.51|Chair ofTrustees and the Treasurer.<br>An<br>information<br>pack is provided<br>which includes|
|training|oftrustees||||the guidance<br>documents<br>produced<br>by the|
||||||Chart t<br>Commission.|
||||||Penrith<br>and District Beekeepers Association|
||||||is affiliated<br>with the Cumbria Beekeepers|
|The charity's<br>structure<br>and||organisational<br> any wider||Para 1.51|Association<br>and the British Beekeepers<br>Association|
|network|with|which the||||
|charity works||||||
||||||Public and Product Insurance<br>cover and|
||||||training<br>opportunities<br>are provided<br>by the|
|Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51|British Beekeeping Association.<br>Cumbria|
|parties|||||Beekeepers<br>Association<br>provides<br>support|
||||||for training<br>initiatives<br>and hosts a Honey|
||||||Show for all its affiliated<br>members.|



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|Charit|name|||Penrith<br>and District Beekee ers Association|Penrith<br>and District Beekee ers Association|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charit|||uses|Penrith Beekee|rs Association|
|Re istered charit||number||1170487||
|Charity's|principal|address||18Byrnes Close||
|||||Plumpton||
|||||Penrith||
|||||CA11 9PE||





|mes|ofthe charity trustee|s who manag|e the charity||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name|Office (ifany)||Dates <br>whole|acted <br>ar|ifnot for|Name ofperson (or body)<br>entitled to a<br>oint trustee||
||David Malcolm|Chair|||||||
||Galloway||||||||
|2|Alexander<br>Wilkinson|Vice- Chair||Resigned||9.09.21|||
|3|Margaret Riches|Treasurer and<br>Programme<br>Co-ordinator|||||||
||Terence William|Communications|||||||
||Phillips|Secretary|||||||
||Rosalind<br>Mary Exton|Minutes Secretary|||||||
||Robert McGarvie|Apiary Manager||Resigned||10.06.21|||
||Dominic Rhodes|Apiary Manager|||||||
||Richard Grange|Apiary Manager|||||||
||Backhouse||||||||
|9|Stephen<br>Marshall||||||||
||Maire Patricia||||||||
||Maguinness||||||||
||Helen Francesca||||||||
||Boardman||||||||
||Catherine<br>Mary||||||||
|12|Bernadette||||||||
||Weightman||||||||
||Patricia Margaret||||||||
||Norris||||||||
|15|Davina Solomon|||Appointed||07.03.21|||
||Stuart Alexander|||Appointed||07.03.21|||
||Cunningham<br>Bowie||||||||



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||Forthe period<br>from|||01/01/2021|||To|31/12/2021|||
|||||||~|~|~|~ ~||||||||||
||||||||||Ltnrestrtcted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|Last year|
||||||||||to the|nearest<br>5||to the nearestB||to|the nearest s|to the nearest 5||to the nearest 5|
|A1 Recei ts|||||||||||||||||||
|Subscriplions|||||||||||3,994||||||3,994|2,728|
|Brood diseases insurance||||premiums|||||||211||||||211|201|
|Events|||||||||||||||||||
|Training||||||||||||||||||320|
|Donations|||||||||||815||||||||
|Fundraising<br>actMbes|||||||||||3,995||||||3,99S|4,276|
|Varroa treatment|||||||||||478||||||478||
|Beesand hives|||||||||||1,650||||||||
|Gift aid recoverable|||||||||||711||||||||
|Bank interest receivable|||||||||||||||||||
|u<br>tots||mssmoome||||||for|||||||||||
||||||||AR)|||1A728||||||||S,183|
|A2 Asset and|investment|||||sales|||||||||||||
|see table .|||||||||||||||||||
|||||||u|tots||||||||||||
||||Total|||ngceipts|||||2, 28||-|||-|tA726||
|A3PB ments|||||||||||||||||||
|Subscnptions|||||||||||1,746||||||1,748|1,577|
|Brood diseases insurance||||premiums|||||||273||||||273||
|Equipment<br>and apiary||development|||||||||990||866||||1,859|1,106|
|New shed|||||||||||4,707||||||||
|Apiguard,<br>MAQ's|and|apibioxel|||||||||727||||||||
|Beehotels and display|||panels||||||||825||||||825||
|Events costs|||||||||||||||||||
|Training costs|||||||||||810||||||810|35|
|Mee5ng costs|||||||||||299|||||||197|
|Queen Rear Apiary|||||||||||1,642|||||||981|
|Postage snd printing||||||||||||||||||363|
|Fundraising<br>expenses|||||||||||1,524||||||1.524|2,890|
|Sundry expenses||||||||||||||||||347|
|Website costs|||||||||||108|||||||109|
|Accountancy|||||||||||75|||||||75|
||||||Sub total|||||14,802|||||||15,488|TA91|
|A4 Asset and|investment||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub total||||||||||||||
||Total payments|||||||||14,802|||888|||-|ttL468|7,881|
|Net ofreceipts/fpayments)|||||||||||1,878||||||2)T||
|A5 Transfers|between||||funds||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last||||year||end|||||,546||66||||||
|Cash funds|||this||year||end|||10&87|||||||te,eye|'l3$42|





||||~|~|~|~|~ ~||~<br>~|~<br>~ ~||||
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|||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|
||Datcgcrle|||Dalai!a||||funds<br>to nearest 2||funds<br>to nearest f|||funds<br>to nearest f|
|61Cash|funds|||Bank Current|Account||||B,42a|||||
|||||Building SocietyAccount|||||4,244|||||
|||||||Total cash funds|||to,era|||||
|||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|
|||||||||funds||funds|||tends|
|||||Details||||to nearest 2||to nearest 2|||to noareata|
|62 Other|monetary assets|||||||||||||
|||||Details||||Fund <br>asset|to which<br> belon<br>4|I<br>ti|ll||Current value<br>o<br>local|
|63Investment||assets||||||||||||
|||||Details||||Fund <br>asset|to which<br> balan<br>4|Cost (optional)|||Current value<br>o tional|
|B4Assets retained forthe||||||||||||||
|charity's|own|use||||||||||||
|||||||||Fund|towhich|Amount due||'|When due|
|||||Details||||aabili|relates|o tional|||o tlonal|
|BSLiabilities||||||||||||||
|Signed by one ortwo trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees||||||Signature|||Print|Name|||Date of<br>a<br>royal|





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