
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From  01/04/2023   Period start date   To   31/03/2024    Period end date** 

**Charity name: Coetmor Mill Trust** 

## **Charity registration number: 1172211** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To advance in life and help young people<br>through<br>1.<br>Supporting the provision of<br>recreational and leisure time outdoor<br>activities provided in the interest of<br>social welfare, designed to improve<br>their conditions of life;<br>2.<br>Providing support for activities which<br>develop their skills, capabilities and<br>capacities to enable them to<br>participate in society as mature and<br>responsible individuals.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In order to provide the opportunity for young<br>people to have access to outdoor activities<br>as a developmental experience the Trust<br>has provided cheap bunkhouse<br>accommodation in North Wales in the form<br>of Coetmor Mill.<br>The Mill situated in Central Snowdonia can<br>accommodate up to 30 people. It has been<br>marketed to Scout Groups, Youth Groups<br>and University Mountaineering Clubs.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the period<br>01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024, the trustees kept<br>in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance<br>on Public Benefit at our trustee meetings.|





**Achievements and Performance** 

|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|A small number of individuals have<br>continued to devote considerable time and<br>effort to ensuring the successful running of<br>the Mill.<br>We continue to provide much needed<br>accommodation for youth groups to enable<br>them to enjoy the mountains of Snowdonia.<br>Over the past year we have undertaken the<br>necessary repairs and maintenance and<br>made some improvements to the décor<br>within the Mill.<br>Ongoing plans are in place to continue to<br>update the Mill for the benefit of all of our<br>users.  These plans include the complete<br>revamp of the toilets and shower facilities.<br>Bookings for 2025 are strong and continue<br>to enable us to invest in the mill.|
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## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|We are pleased to note that the ongoing<br>maintenance and running costs of the Mill<br>are fully funded by the booking fees.  On<br>this basis the Trustees are satisfied that the<br>Mill is financially stable.<br>The current year and future planned<br>improvements to the facilities have been<br>and will continue to be funded out of the<br>generous donations made to the Trust in<br>prior periods.|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Trustees consider that positive<br>reserves of £10,000 approximating the the<br>annual running costs of the Mill should be<br>maintained.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£109,468|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|CIO Foundation|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by majority vote of existing<br>Trustees.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Coetmor Mill Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1172211|
|Charity’s principal address|5 Monkswood Drive<br>Bishop’s Stortford<br>Hertfordshire<br>CM23 4LH|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**<br>**not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person**<br>**(or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Bruce McFarlane|Joint Chair|||
||John Henson|Joint Chair|||
||Patricia Hall|Booking Secretary|||
||Kim Henson|Secretary|||
||Andrew Rice||||
||David Cox||||
||Christine Snelling-<br>Nash|Treasurer|||



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|





## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 


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**Full name(s)** Bruce McFarlane John Henson 

**Position** Joint Chair Joint Chair **(eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 27/01/2025 



||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||**CC16a**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**COETMOR MILL TRUST**|||||**1172211**|||||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||Period start date||**To**||Period end date||||
||||01.04.23||||31.03.24||||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Booking fees|**16,532**||**-**||**-**||**16,532**||**21,912**||
|Donations|**141**||**-**||**-**||**141**||**114**||
|Depositaccount interest|**902**||**-**||**-**||**902**||**202**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|<br>**17,575**||**-**||**-**||**17,575**||**22,228**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**<br>**table).**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|<br>**- 0**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**-**||**- 0**||
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|**_Total receipts_ **|<br>**17,575**||**- 0**||**- 0**||**17,575**||**22,228**||
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|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Legal fees|**40**||**-**||**-**||**40**||**-**||
|Broadband|**629**||**-**||**-**||**629**||**504**||
|Caretaker and cleaning|**900**||**-**||**-**||**900**||**900**||
|Premises and trustees insurance|**717**||**-**||**-**||**717**||**676**||
|Electric|**242**||**-**||**-**||**242**||**1,436**||
|Gas and annual check|**3,206**||**-**||**-**||**3,206**||**1,512**||
|Rates|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**262**||
|Water|**275**||**-**||**-**||**275**||**-**||
|Website Costs|**204**||**-**||**-**||**204**||**303**||
|Fire alarm system|**195**||**-**||**-**||**195**||**278**||
|Waste collection|**277**||**-**||**-**||**277**||**-**||
|Cess Pit|**402**||**-**||**-**||**402**||**-**||
|Repairs and maintenance, building security|**924**||**-**||**-**||**924**||**810**||
|Rent|**4,000**||**-**||**-**||**4,000**||**4,000**||
|Refurbishment and enhancements: Curtains<br>Radiator|**887**||**-**||**-**||**887**||**11,945**||
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|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**12,898**||**-**||**-**||**12,898**||**22,626**||
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**<br>**(see table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_ **|<br>**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Totalpayments_ **|<br>**12,898**||**-**||**- 0**||**12,898**||**22,626**||
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|<br>**4,677**||**-**||**-**||**4,677**||**-**<br>**398**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**104,791**||**-**||**-**||**104,791**||**105,189**||
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **|<br>**109,468**||**-**||**-**||**109,468**||**104,791**||
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank current account||||**5,880**||||**-**||
||Bank deposit account||||**103,588**||||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||**_Total cash funds_**||||**109,468**||**-**||**-**||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))||||OK||||OK||
||||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
||||||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
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||||||||**-**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
||||||||**-**||||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of<br>all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval||
||||||**John Henson**||||**27.01.2025**||
||||||**Christine Snelling-Nash**||||**27.01.2025**||



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