## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 1 September 2019 31 August 2020
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Low Carbon Louth
**Other names charity is known by**
> **Registered charity number (if any)** 1170503
**Charity's principal address** 10 Keddington Road, Louth, Lincolnshire
**Postcode LN11 0AA**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
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5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||James Olley
Pocklington|Chair|||
||Alison Byford
Spittles|Treasurer|||
||Stephen John
Mansfield|Secretary|||
||David Ford|Trustee|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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|N/a||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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|**N/a**|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/a
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution (“Foundation” constitution suitable for a CIO).
- (e.g., trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Proposed, seconded and voted upon by existing trustees.
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works.
- relationship with any related parties.
The structure is a simple one with four voting trustees. As an environmental (although non-political) organisation, LCL exists within a loose network of similar organisations within the North Lincolnshire area. Specifically, it has strong links (and some shared membership) with:
Transition Town Louth (an unincorporated not-for-profit association) that is one of some 300 “transition towns “around the UK including several in Lincolnshire.
Friends of the Lincolnshire Time and Tide Bell (a Community Interest Company, registered in August 2017 under Companies House no. 10934941).
Management of risk is applied to individual events on a case-by-case basis.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision and promotion of a food composting scheme; the promotion of cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport; the promotion of organic food growing.
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The provision of a food composting scheme:
The Community Composting Scheme (CCS) is a wholly charitable activity – outside normal public or private provision. It has a proven track record, having been in operation since June 2014, since when it has expanded. It operates on environmental principles within the town of Louth. When LCL was set up in December 2016, the ongoing costs of the scheme were funded with financial help received from Transition Town Louth. Subsequently, a grant of £500 was given by East Lindsey District Council for the purchase of further start-up equipment: a second shredder, a two-metre cubed fold-down composter, and some food caddies. It is non-profit making – the small sums derived from the sale of organic compost are ploughed back into supporting the work.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
The scheme works by collecting food waste by bicycle and trailer from households that are part of the scheme and turning this into organic compost suitable for growing food. CCS member households are offered organic compost bags on favourable terms.
The promotion of cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport: Inter alia, LCL undertakes the repair of bicycles free of charge with voluntary donations ploughed back into the support of its activities.
The promotion of organic gardening:
The three organic community gardens are managed by LCL. The food grown is given away free.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grant making.
- policy programme related investment.
Low Carbon Louth welcomes the participation of the community volunteers as well as the public at large in its work, whether actively or passively, and is mindful, if young or vulnerable people are involved, of the need for suitable safeguarding policies and practices to be put in place.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in less activity at the public access community gardens in line with government guidelines. The community composting scheme continued throughout the periods of lockdown as it was considered an essential service.
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|Summary of the main milestones and achievements of the charity during the
year to 31 August 2020:
A robust financial regime remains in place and LCL is financially secure.
Public liability insurance cover was maintained.
The trustees met formally on 2 occasions and the meetings were minuted and
approved.
Specifically in relation to LCL’s three objects:
The three organic community gardens managed by LCL were maintained to a
satisfactory standard. The level of participation by local people was recorded as
part of monitoring LCL activity.
For the year ended 31 August 2020, the Community Composting Scheme took in
22 households within the town of Louth – comprising perhaps 50 people.
During the period of this report 732 individual house collections were made and
the 2050 kilograms of domestic waste collected were diverted to the process of
production of organic compost.
Approximately 1 tonne of finished compost was produced, the majority of
which was applied to the community gardens, a small amount being donated
back to householders.
The trustees were encouraged by the increase in cycling during the lockdown
periods and made a commitment to increase the level of pro cycling activities in
2020-21. To this end the trustees made initial enquiries to register LCL as an
approved repairer for the Government’s “Fix your bike” scheme. The trustees
also contacted other cycling groups in the town to discuss the possibility of a
“forum” for thepromotion of cyclingin Louth.|
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## **Section E Financial review**
As we have limited funds and no ongoing financial commitments, we do **Brief statement of the** not have a policy on reserves **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Stephen Mansfield **Full name(s)** James Pocklington **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Sec. **etc) Date** 12/05/20
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|**Low Carbon Louth**|||**1170503**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|01/09/2019|**To**|31/08/2020||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**7**
**-**
**241**
**248**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**7**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**240**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**233**
**7**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|**240**|||||**216**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**240**|||||**216**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**216**|
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|Expenses|**233**|||||**358**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**233**|||||**358**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**358**|
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||**7**|**-**|**-**|
**7**||**- 142**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**241**|**-**|**-**|**241**||**382**|
||**248**|**-**|**-**|**248**||**240**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
None
**Details**
248
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
**Details**
**Details**
None
**Details**
Composting and gardening equipment
~~including shredders and 4 wheeled trailer~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**248**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**248**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
LCL
**150**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
A Spittles
S Mansfield|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
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||||OK|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||A Spittles|12/05/2021|
|||S Mansfield|12/05/2021|
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