## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From January 01 2020 To December 31 2020** **Charity name: Para La Tierra, For the Earth (PLT)** **Charity registration number: 1172116** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are restricted to the
following:
a) to promote for the benefit of the public and
visitors the conservation, protection and
improvement of the physical and natural
environment by promoting biological diversity of
South America;
b) to advance the scientific knowledge of and
provide information regarding the biological
territory of Paraguay for the public benefit by
supplying grants to undertake research;
c) to advance the education of the public
through the provision of opportunities to
promote conservation of the natural
environment;
to promote sustainable development for the
benefit of the public by the preservation,
conservation and the protection of the
environment;
d) to advance the education of the public in
subjects relating to the protection,
enhancement and rehabilitation of the
environment, and to promote study and
research in these subjects, encouraging
dissemination of results and outcomes to inform
the public and policy makers at large; and
e) to promote the conservation of endangered
species of birds resident in the Laguna Blanca,
Paraguay including the crowned solitary eagle,
white-winged nightjar and marsh seedeater, and
vulnerable species that will become endangered
if action is not taken.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Object a) use of social media to raise awareness
of Paraguayan biodiversity and conservation
issues.
Object b) grants were supplied to further
biodiversity research in the field of ecology, to
advance the scientific knowledge of and provide
information regardingthe biological territoryof| |||Paraguay for the public benefit, including
funding for researchers and equipment.
Object c) No activities during 2020.
Object d) No activities during 2020.
Object e) No activities during 2020.
In December 2019 grant was received from Lush
Charity Pot (Canada) to further research and
education goals for public benefit across Objects
a-d. £701 of the remaining £4,442 in restricted
funds was spent in 2020 with all spending
regulated and approved by the Trustees. The
project was put on hold in March 2020 due to
the pandemic.
In 2020 5,000 swiss francs were received from
the Rolex Awards for Enterprise Covid relief fund
which were spent on furthering objects a and b
during the pandemic.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Upon appointment and establishment of the
charity in March 2017, all Trustees reviewed the
Charities Act and the Charities Regulations 2008,
and took the guidance as to operation for public
benefit into consideration when planning all
2020 activities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grants to further develop research and buy
equipment required for research purposes were
decided upon at a trustee meeting held on
February 18th2020:
Item d. General update on activities and
equipment requirements.
Item e. Authorize the payment of grants for UK
researchers studying in Paraguay with
“Fundacion Para La Tierra”.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Object a) given the pandemic, all in-**
**person activities were suspended and the**
**charity focused on remote promotion of**
**biodiversity by employing social media**
**campaigns. Engagement from the public**
**was high.**
**Object b) the charity sought funding from**
**non-governmental funders to support**
**researchers working in Paraguay during**
**the pandemic, to allow work to continue**
**despite challenges concerning travel and**
**access to field sites. Researchers**
**focused on data analysis and publishing**
**when fieldwork was not possible, with**
**publications due to be printed in 2021.**
**Object c) not possible during 2020 due to**
**the pandemic.**
**Object d) not possible during 2020 due to**
**the pandemic.**
**Object e) not possible during 2020 due to**
**the pandemic.**| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Most projects and activities were paused**
**in 2020 due to the pandemic.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Despite the circumstances, the charity**
**was able to raise money by focusing on**
**Covid relief funds to provide support to**
**researchers. However, crowdfunding was**
**less successful than in previous years.**| Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position remains positive,**
**thanks to fundraising efforts during the**
**pandemic. Rolex Awards for Enterprise**
**awarded 5,000 swiss francs to facilitate**
**continuation of research in Paraguay. A**
**second grant was also received from the**
**Primate Society of Great Britain to**
**facilitate education in communities who**
**lost access to school during 2020, which**
**willbe spent in 2021.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A Reserves Policy was written and accepted
by Trustees in October 2018. The same
policy was reviewed and updated in 2020 to
reflect changes in CAF bank fees from £5 to
£8 per month starting in January 2021.
The reserves that we have set aside provide
financial stability and the means for the
development of our principal activities; i.e.
providing funding for biological research in
Paraguay.
Considering
we
have
no
employees
or
other
strict
financial
obligations, next year we intend to maintain
our reserves at a level which is at least
equivalent to £96 to cover the £8 monthly
Charities Aid Foundation bank fees for 12
months. In 2021 we intend to use the
reserves at a rate of £8 per month.
The Trustees annually review the amount of
reserves that are required to ensure that
they are adequate to fulfil continuing
obligations.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|There were £1,247 in reserves held at the
end of 2020.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity is registered with Amazon Smile and
Easy Fundraising, which together raised a total
of £146 in 2020.
5,000 swiss francs was awarded from the Rolex
Awards for Enterprise Covid relief fund.| |---|---|---| |||| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||All expenditure in 2020 supported the key
objectives of the charity.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution (March 17th2017, no amendments)| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees or by
unanimous consent by written resolution, by
existing trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Para La Tierra,For the Earth| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|PLT| |Registered charity number|1172116| |Charity’s principal address|Medora Cottage
Hurtmore road
Godalming
GU7 2RL| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Brendan Llewellyn||Whole year|| ||David Atkinson||Whole year|| ||Karina Atkinson||Whole year|| ||Penelope King||Whole year|| ||Jacqueline Hinton||Whole year|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**N/A **||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser N/A** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** David Atkinson **Full name(s)** Karina Atkinson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 31/1/2021 |**Para La Tierra - For the Earth (PLT)**||**1172116**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |01/01/2020
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2020|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1326**
**-**
**146**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,472**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,472**
**60**
**9,540**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,600**
**- 8,128**
**-**
**9,375**
**1,247**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**5,036**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,036**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,036**
**-**
**701**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**701**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**701**
**4,335**
**-**
**-**
**4,335**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,326**
**5,036**
**146**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,508**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,508**
**60**
**10,241**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,301**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,301**
**- 3,793**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**1326**|||||**6,903**| |Grants|**-**|||||**437**| |Fundraising|**146**|||||**10,591**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**1,472**|||||**17,931**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**17,931**| |||||||| |CAF bank account fees|**60**|||||**60**| |Grants and donations|**9,540**|||||**13,087**| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**9,600**|||||**13,147**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**13,147**| |||||||| ||**- 8,128**|**4,335**|**-**|**- 3,793**||**4,784**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**9,375**|**-**|**-**|**9,375**||**-**| ||**1,247**|**4,335**|**-**|**5,582**||**4,784**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/02/2021 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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))
Held in CAF bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,247**
**4,335**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,247**
**4,335**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Karina Atkinson
David Atkinson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Karina Atkinson|31/01/2021| |||David Atkinson|31/01/2021| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/02/2021 2