**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 06 April 2020 05 April 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|Bewnans Kernow|
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||Cornwall|
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## **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)
Peter Sheldon Chairman ( from 12th Board of Trustees
November 2019 )
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Vice Chair ( to 12th
November 2019 )
Jane Howells Director ( from 12 [th] Board of Trustees
November 2019 )
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Chairman ( to 12 [th]
November 2019 )
Len Sheppard Vice Chair (from 12 [th] Appointed 29 [th] August Board of Trustees
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November 2019 ) 2019
4 Angela Angove Secretary Board of Trustees
5 Ian Summers Treasurer Board of Trustees
6 Christian Denley Education Officer Board of Trustees
7 Mike Cawley Board of Trustees
Dan Rogerson Resigned 26 [th] November Board of Trustees
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2020
9 Helen Rawe Board of Trustees
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by the Board of Trustees and confirmed at the AGM 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;
Induction and Training of Trustees: New Trustees are provided with a copy of the Charity Commission guidance ‘The Essential Trustee’ and with relevant Bewnans Kernow documents. Tailored induction training is provided as required.
Organisational Structure:
- the charity’s organisational Currently there are 8 Trustees. Trustees meet a minimum of four times a structure and any wider year and are responsible for the strategic direction, policies and the day to network with which the charity day running of the charity. works;
Risk Management:
- relationship with any related parties;
- The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is
- trustees’ consideration of exposed. In particular those related to the operations and finances of the major risks and the system charity and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate our exposure and procedures to manage to the major risks. them.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The charitable objects of Bewnans Kernow are:
- For the public benefit, to advance education, development, appreciation, preservation, research and recording of all aspects of indigenous Cornish history, arts heritage and culture.
- **Summary of the objects of the** To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by **charity set out in its** advancing education and raising awareness, promoting activities
- **governing document** to foster understanding between peoples from diverse backgrounds, conducting and commissioning research on equality and diversity issues and publishing the results to the public with particular focus on matters affecting the people of Cornwall.
Bewnans Kernow undertakes activities to:
- Advance the education, development, appreciation, preservation, research, recording of and participation in indigenous Cornish culture and heritage.
- Develop capacity and skills of Cornish cultural organisations.
Improve the well-being of, and promote equality and diversity for, members of the Cornish national minority and others. In carrying out these activities, the Trustees have had regard to the **Summary of the main** guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **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)**
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**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
**Cornish Heritage in Penzance** Bewnans Kernow’s primary work during 2020-21 was on preparations to open Cornish Heritage in Penzance, a new venue to share, celebrate and research Cornish history and culture which will be established in the former Penzance public library building. However, the year was a year of two contrasting parts, in large part due to Covid-19. During the first part of the reporting period, the pandemic and associated lockdowns meant all work had to be desk-based and as a result, Bewnans Kernow’s focus during spring, summer and autumn of 2020 was therefore on bid-writing. During the second part of 2020-21, Bewnans Kernow was able to put in place a large part of the foundational work needed to launch Cornish Heritage in Penzance.
Our key aims in delivering the project were to:
- increase the resilience of Bewnans Kernow, especially in the face of the covid situation,
- increase our capacity to develop a venue in Penzance which will celebrate, share, research and develop Cornish history, culture and heritage
- lay the foundations and purchase core equipment for the centre
- accelerate the sustainability of the centre.
- The work undertaken during the project included:
- Ongoing liaison work with Truro and Penwith College, the owners of the building.
- Purchase of a large amount of core equipment for the new centre.
- Purchase of small library of 200 Cornish history books.
- Production of a sound Business Plan to underpin the development of Cornish Heritage in Penzance as well as to identify the changes to the operating environment caused by the pandemic.
- Development of a Heritage Plan to guide us during our first year.
- Writing a suite of policies, both organisational and centre specific.
- Working with an IT / AV consultant to plan the interpretive possibilities we can offer through audio visual equipment..
- Production of Risk assessments for the project.
- Writing a Communications strategy.
- Research work for teaching and interpretive materials.
- Further bid writing and research to inform future bids.
- Branding work to develop a logo and other visual identifiers.
## **Impact of Covid-19**
The pandemic had a marked impact on Bewnans Kernow during the first part of the year as the plans to lease part of Penzance library building
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## Section D Achievements and performance
were delayed and Trustees had to conduct meetings online instead of in person. Delivery of the ‘Launching Cornish Heritage in Penzance’ project had to be more intensive than planned due to the emergency nature of the funding, but the delivery team adjusted accordingly. A whole suite of new plans was written to forecast how we will operate in the new environment, and to prepare us, especially in our dealings with the public.
## **New website**
Bewnans Kernow launched a new organisational website details about the aims of the charity, its work, and its history.
## **Consultation**
Bewnans Kernow continued to work in association with Cornish Quest on consulting the Cornish cultural sector. In August 2020, we organised a Creative Conversation at Gwennap Pit on behalf of Cornwall Council culture team and produced a report on our findings to feed into the developing Creative Manifesto (Cornwall Council culture strategy).
Bewnans Kernow submitted a report on ethnic disparities and the Cornish to a Cabinet Office review.
## **Representation on other organisations**
Bewnans Kernow is a member of the Heritage Kernow Board and is represented on the Committee of Madron History Group.
In summary, 2020-21 was a year in which solid foundations were laid for Cornish Heritage in Penzance and Trustees are now at a point where Bewnans Kernow is ready to lease the building, install equipment, involve the public and deliver projects.
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## **Section E Financial review**
Financial review:
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** At the start of the financial year, Bewnans Kernow had a cash balance of £14,814 brought forward. During the year, the organisation received an instalment of a restricted grant for the Cornish History and Culture Centre in Penzance amounting to £42,160. Payments totalling £33,763 were made during the year and cash balances at the year-end were £23,171 of which £16,007 were restricted funds.
Level of reserves:
The trustees have considered the reserves of the charity. The longerterm policy is to aim to hold unrestricted reserves amounting to 6-months of anticipated expenditure. The Trustees consider that the balance on 5[th] April 2021 is sufficient to help sustain the operations of the charity over the following year.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None.
## **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;
The successful application to the Culture Recovery Fund from the Heritage Fund made a very significant difference to the ability to proceed with the Cornish Heritage in Penzance project.
. Bewnans Kernow also successfully applied to the #iwill fund administered by Cornwall Community Foundation to run ‘Hands on Heritage’, a project to involve young people with Cornish heritage and Cornish identity. This grant was received, and the project will be delivered, in 2021-22.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
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**Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** J J Howells **Full name(s)** Jennifer Jane Howells **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Director Trustee **etc) Date** 6th July 2021
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Charity Name
Bewnans Kernow 1170991
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 6th April 2020 5th April 2021
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grant and other funding 42,120 - 42,120 13,050
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Sub total (Gross income for
- 42,120 - 42,120 13,050
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Total receipts - 42,120 - 42,120 13,050
A3 Payments
Project management and support 15,131 - 15,131 83
Equipment and materials 2,625 - 2,625 400
Property and related costs - 1,846 - 1,846 -
IT Support - 2,823 - 2,823 -
Other project costs - 1,496 - 1,496 -
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Sub total [ - ] 23,921 - 23,921 483
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Assets purchased - 9,842 - 9,842
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Sub total [ - ] 9,842 - 9,842 -
Total payments - 33,763 - 33,763 483
Net of receipts/(payments) - 8,357 - 8,357 12,567
A5 Transfers between funds 5,250 - 5,250 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 1,914 12,900 - 14,814 2,247
Cash funds this year end 7,164 16,007 - 23,171 14,814
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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
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
Furniture
ITC and related items
Consultancy fees payable
Asset purchases payable
**Details**
Project Management and Support
Equipment purchases payable
Signature
J J Howells|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,164**
**16,007**
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**-**
**-**
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**7,164**
**16,007**
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OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Penzance Heritage
Penzance Heritage
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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Penzance Heritage
Penzance Heritage
Penzance Heritage
Penzance Heritage
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Print Name
Jennifer Jane Howells|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
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Date of
approval
6th July 2021|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
BenanS Kem(w4
On accounts for the year
ended
Awil 2021
Charity no
{rfany)
1170991
Set out on pages
1and2
I report to the trustees on my examTrnation of the accounts of the above
tharty (Ihe Trusn for ts year ended
Responslbllities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basls of report of the accounts in accordance wilh the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 Cthew.
I report in respe(* of my examination of Trusfs acco carried out
under sedion 145 of the 2011 A(* and in carrying out my examination, I
have folloed the appEicable Directiorts given by the Charty Commission
under se¢tÉon 145(5)(b) of the Ad.
I have comtyeted my exanination. I confimi that material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination whith gives me
Gause to believe that in, any material reswa:
accounting rewds were not kepl in accdan with section 130 of
theAdor
the accounts do rK)t accord with the accountirwj records
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have rK> nmS arKI have come a(Yoss no other matters in Connection
with the examination to whith attenti should b& drawn in order to enable a
Signed:
July 2021
Name:
Peter Nmn
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(If any):
FCA
Address:
9 The Links, Pengersick Lane
Praa Sands
Cornwall TR20 9RD
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October 2018