## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date **1 September 2023 31 August 2024**
**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 Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** Chair 1[James Olley ] Pocklington Treasurer 2[Alison Byford ] Spittles Secretary 3[Stephen John ] Mansfield ~~fe~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** N/a ~~——~~ **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address N/a Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/a ~~=~~ **TAR** 1 March **2012**
March **2012**
**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution (“Foundation” constitution suitable for a CIO). Type of governing document (e.g., trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
- Proposed, seconded and voted upon by existing trustees.
- Trustee selection methods
- (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 three 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 by, but not exclusively, the provision and the promotion of cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport; the promotion of organic food growing and composting.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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The promotion of cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport: LCL is a registered local hub for the county-wide Wheels for Life (W4L) project. Volunteers are based at a fully equipped workshop at the rear of the Louth Youth and Community Centre. In 2024, 40 bikes were renovated and re-homed free of charge to residents in transport poverty. **Summary of the main** In January 2024, LCL organised a local event, part of the national Big Bike **activities undertaken for the** Revival, featuring free repairs and guidance on safe cycling. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** The promotion of organic gardening: **this section the statutory** LCL provides organic seeds for the Garden Club at Louth Youth and Community **declaration that trustees have** Centre. **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** The promotion of recycling over disposal of household and other items: **Commission on public** LCL supports the operation of Louth Repair Café through provision of insurance **benefit)** and financial management. The purpose of the Repair Café is to try and fix small household items for residents thereby reducing unnecessary waste. For the year 01/09/23-31/08/24 there were eight repair cafes held and 200 items offered for repair, approximately 65% were fixed.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
Low Carbon Louth welcomes the participation of 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.
- policy on grant making.
- policy programme related investment.
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity** Summary of the main milestones and achievements of the charity during the **during the year** year to 31 August 2024: A robust financial regime remains in place and LCL is financially secure. Public liability insurance cover was maintained.
The trustees met formally on two occasions and the meetings were minuted and approved.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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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)**
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)**
**Full name(s)** James Pocklington Stephen Mansfield, Secretary **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 10/03/25
**TAR**
March **2012**
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**Low Carbon Louth 1170503 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/09/2023 31/08/2024 **To from** ~~ee ee ee ee~~
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||
|Wheels for Life||**1,857**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,857**||**8,271**||
|Repair Cafe||**735**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**735**||**812**||
|General||**1,498**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**1,498**||**449**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**4,090**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**4,090**||**9,532**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**4,090**
**-**
**-**
**4,090**
**9,532**
~~——————~~||||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||
|Wheels for Life||**3,868**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**3,868**||**5,921**||
|Repair Café||**567**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**567**||**359**||
|General||**998**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**998**||**476**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**5,434**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**5,434**||**6,756**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**5,434**
**-**
**-**
**5,434**
**6,756**
~~——————~~||||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 1,344**
**-**
**- - 1,344**
**2,776**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**3,138**
**- -**
**3,138**
**814**
**1,794**
**-**
**- 1,794**
**3,590**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
08/03/2025
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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**
Repair Café tools
TSB
**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~~
Wheels for Life Tools|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,794**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,794**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
LCL
**100**
LCL
**2,000**
LCL
**150**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
A Spittles
S Mansfield|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||A Spittles|10/03/2025|
|||S Mansfield|10/03/2025|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
08/03/2025
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