## ## |Summary|ofthe objects ofthe charity|ofthe objects ofthe charity|ofthe objects ofthe charity|ofthe objects ofthe charity|To promote for the benefit ofthe public the| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |set out in|its governing||document||conservation
protection
and improvement
ofthe| ||||||physical
and natural
environment
ofWarnham
Local| ||||||Nature Reserve, in particular
but not exclusively
by (a)| ||||||advancing
the education ofthe public about all aspects| ||||||ofthe natural
history ofthe reserve and (b) promoting| ||||||biological diversity.| |Summary ofthe main activities
undertaken
for the public benefit||||in|This was a very challenging
year because ofthe impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic,
and during which time the| |relation tothese objects {include|||||Reserve was closed at some times, while partially open| |within this|section|the|statutory||at others but with restricted access to facilities including| |declaration|that trustees have had||||the Visitor Centre and Cafe.| |regard to the guidance|||issued by the||| |Charity Commission||on public benefit)|||| ||||||The social restrictions that resulted
from the pandemic| ||||||severely disrupted
our ability to run events for the public| ||||||benefit
in the way that The Friends ofWarnham
Local| ||||||Nature
Reserve (FoWLNR) would
normally
do so, and all| ||||||physical events were cancelled
in the year.| ||||||With the support ofa renowned
independent
ecologist,| ||||||we were able to stage an online event
in early March| ||||||2021to present the results ofhis Invertebrate
Survey of| ||||||the Reserve that was funded
by FoWLNR and which was| ||||||completed
before social restrictions
were in place.| ||||||Our newsletter
The Reedbed was issued on a quarterly| ||||||basis to Members,
while the internet website was| ||||||maintained
and social media sites on Facebook and| ||||||Twitter provided
regular updates.| ||||||Visitor Centre Mana
ement| ||||||With the aid ofvolunteers,
we would normally
meet and| ||||||greet visitors to the Reserve, collect admission fees of| ||||||behalf of Horsham
District Council {HDC)and run a cafe| ||||||for the benefit ofvisitors, seven days a week.| ||||||During the pandemic
and in line with Government
and| ||||||HDC guidance:| ||||||—the Visitor Centre was closed and cafe operated a take-| ||||||out service when permissible.
Track and Trace processes| ||||||were implemented
along with social distancing
and| ||||||appropriate
PPE.| ||||||—admission to the Reserve was free to members ofthe| ||||||public.| |~Fnndin||| |---|---|---| |The absence ofincome generated|from admission|fees| |and reduced
income from the cafe|resulted
in a|| |substantial
reduction
in funding to|the charity (down|| |approximately
70%from the previous year). We very||| |grateful to those members
who generously
made||| |donations to FoWLNR to enable us|to continue our|| |contributions
to the Reserve.||| |In planning
our activities, we keep|in mind our Objectives|| |as a Registered
Charity and the trustees
have had||regard| |to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission||on| |public benefit.||| |ddit|ional
details ofobjectives and activi|ional
details ofobjectives and activi|ties (optional information)| |---|---|---|---| |You|may choose to include further||| |statements,||where relevant, about:|Not applicable —we do not make grants.| |~|Policy|on grant making;|Our charitable
funds are held through
high street| |~|Policy|programme
related|bank accounts
only.| ||investment;||We are extremely
grateful to our loyal band of| |~|Contributions
made by volunteers.||volunteers
whose contributions
enable us to operate
as a charity and to maintain
services at The| ||||Warnham
Local Nature Reserve.| ||||While significantly
impacted
by the pandemic,| ||||volunteer
hours
still totalled 3,680 in the year| ||||(compared to 8,000 in the previous year).| |Summary ofthe main achievements|of|Events|| |---|---|---|---| |the charity during the year||Due to the pandemic,
all physical events were cancelled.|| |||A virtual event, presenting|the results ofan Invertebrate| |||Survey ofthe Reserve, was|held for Members.| |||The results and suggestions|from the survey
will also be| |||used by Horsham
District Council VldFardens to modify|| |||some oftheir Management|ofthe Reserve (including| |||grazing), for the benefit of|Invertebrates
and therefore| |||the wider wildlife ofthe Reserve.|| |||Newsletters|| |||Quarterly
newsletters
were|issued to Members that| |||included
images from the Reserve, news about wildlife|| |||and a variety ofpuzzles for|their enjoyment.| ||||Social Media S.Internet|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||Social Media and Internet sites were maintained|with| ||||news and mages from the Reserve, when possible, for|| ||||the benefit ofthose unable to visit the Reserve.|| ||||Charitable
S end on The Reserve|| ||||f18,051was reinvested
back into the Reserve during the|| ||||financial year, the most in a single year since the|charity| ||||was incorporated.
This included
support for the "Keep|| ||||Rookwood Green" campaign,
a comprehensive|| ||||invertebrate's
study, the purchase ofa night vision|| ||||camera and enhancements
to the heron camera system.|| |Briefstatement|on the charity's|policy|The Charity's
Policy on reserves
isto hold 20/o of|the| |on reserves|||annual
surplus (before charitable
expenditure)
or|the| ||||amount ofthe next year's budgeted
administration|| ||||costs, whichever
greater.|| |Details ofany funds materially||in|Not applicable
—there are no funds
in deficit.|| |deficit||||| |urth|er financial
revi|ew details (optional|information)|| |---|---|---|---|---| |You|may choose to|include additional|The principal sources offunding are:|| |information,
where||relevant, about:|~
Membership
Fees|| |~|The charity's
principal
source of||~
Profit on sales in the Herons Rest|cafe in the Visitor| ||funds (including|any fundraising);|Centre|| |~
~|How expenditure
has supported
the key objectives ofthe charity;
Investment
policy and objectives||o
Donations from Horsham
District Council ofa
percentage ofpermit monies collected.|| ||including
any ethical investment
policy adopted.||f18,051was reinvested
back into the Reserve during the
financial year, the most in a single year since the charity|| ||||was incorporated.|| ||||Charitable
expenditure
was less than|expected due to| ||||the completion ofthe new Discovery|Hub being further| ||||delayed
and our contribution
off20,000towards|| ||||interpretation
displays and landscaping
not being called|| ||||upon within this financial year.|| ||||There are no investment
policy and objectives as high|| ||||street bank accounts only are used to|hold monies.| |a
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Friends ofWarnham
Local Nature Reserve|Receipts and payments
Friends ofWarnham
Local Nature Reserve|Receipts and payments
Friends ofWarnham
Local Nature Reserve|Receipts and payments
Friends ofWarnham
Local Nature Reserve|1171924
accounts|1171924
accounts||CC16a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Forthe period
from||01/04/2020|To||31/03/2021||| ||'|-|-|||||||||||| |e|||||~|e|~|||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds|Endowment
funds||Total|funds|Last year| ||||||||tothe nearest
E||tothe nearest E|to the nearest 5||to the nearest R||tothe nearest 5| |A1 Receipts||||||||||||||| |Sales Food and|Drink|||||||5,843|||||5,843|26,077| |Sales Other||||||||81|||||81|2,416| |Membership
Fees||||||||820|||||820|1,520| |Events Income||||||||298|||||298|4,019| |Donations||||||||8,494|||||8,494|10,245| |Sub total (Gross|||income for
AR)|||||14,940|||||14,940|44,277| |A2 Asset and|investment||||sales,|||||||||| |(see table).||||||||||||||| |||||Sub total||||||||||| |||Total|||receipts|||14,940|||||14,940|44,277| |A3 Payments||||||||||||||| |Purchases
for resale||||||||4,057|||||4,057|10,887| |Admin
Expenditure||||||||2,398|||||2,398|5,617| |Charitable
Expenditure||||||||18,051|||||18,051|15,167| |||||Sub total||||24,506|||||24,506|31,671| |A4 Asset and|investment|||||||||||||| |purchases,
(see table)||||||||||||||| |||||Sub total||||||||||| ||Total||payments|||||24,506|||||24,506|31,671| |hlet ofreceiptsi(payments)||||||||9,566|||||9,566|12,606| |A5 Transfers|between|||funds||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds last year|||||end|||63,857|||||63,857|| |Cash funds||this||year end||||54,291|||||54,291|12,606| |~
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~|~||~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|| |||||fullde|||funds||funds|| |||||to nearest R||to|nearest L||to nearest|K| |B1Cash funds||Lloyds|Bank Treasurer Ace+Petty Cash||7,893|||||| ||||Lloyds Bank Saving Account||6,204|||||| ||||Lloyds Bank Notice Account||40,194|||||| ||||Total cash funds||54,291|||||| |||(agree balances with receipts and payments||||||||| ||||account(s))|||||||| |||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|| |||||funds|||funds||funds|| |||Details||to nearest
K||to|nearest L||to nearest|K| |B2Other monetary assets||||||||||| |||Details||Fund
asset|to which
belon s|Cost||(optional)|Current value
o tional|| |B3Investment|assets|||||||||| |||Details||Fund
asset|to which
belon s|Cost||(optional)|Current value
o tional|| |B4Assets retained for the||||||||||| |charity's
own|use|||||||||| |||||Fund|to which|Amount due|||When due|| |||Details||liabili|relates||o|tional|o tional|| |BSLiabilities||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|||Signature||Print|Name|||Date of
a
roval|| ||||||JOHN|ALSOP|||08/10/2021|| ||||||ANDREW|ROBERTS|||08/10/2021||