Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1 April 2021 31 March 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Friends of Martello24
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1172376 Charity's principal address Glenbrook, Rolfe Lane
New Romney Kent TN28 8JL
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Richard Blackwell | Chair | |||
| Peter Faulkner | Secretary | |||
| Denise Meyers | Minutes Secretary | |||
| Andrew Ashton | ||||
| BarryTate | ||||
| Maureen Vogt | ||||
| Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) | ||||
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Finance & Technology | Adrian Goodsell | Glenbrook, Rolfe Lane, New Romney |
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by existing Trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
The Friends of Martello24 work in partnership with English Heritage, who own Martello Tower No.24, to manage the tower and to open Martello Tower No. 24 in Dymchurch to the public on a published regular basis and manage bespoke visits.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The object of the CIO is to advance the education of the public in the history and heritage of Martello Tower No. 24 and other historic buildings in Dymchurch, Kent and the surrounding area in particular but not Summary of the objects of the exclusively by arranging exhibitions, lectures, classes and similar charity set out in its educational activities. governing document
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Working in formal partnership with English Heritage, the Friends of Martello24 manage the openings to the public of Martello Tower No.24 in Dymchurch.
The Trustees are aware of the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and have taken it into account when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant.
Summary of the main 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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
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In 2021/2022 the tower was not open to the public due to the Covid-19 pandemic, except for a few bespoke visits with limited numbers.
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Our volunteers continued regular maintenance checks of the tower, reporting same to English Heritage.
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We published and maintained a Martello24 website, Facebook and Twitter pages.
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With the ending of most Covid-19 restrictions in early 2022 we have been able to plan for the re-opening of the tower for the coming season, i.e. Easter to the end of October.
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Section E Financial review At present, we do not haNE any Allocated Reserves. Our Unallocated Reserves are used for running c£)sts. the main rtems b.ng insurance and equipment for use in the Ttrwer. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reseNes Detsils of any funds materlally In deficlt Further financial reviow details (Optlonal Inforniation) You may choose lo indude additional information, where rdevant about.. the chanty's principal sources of funds (including any fundraisingl., how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charrty.. investment policy and objedives induding any ethic81 investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Signaturelsl Full name{s) Richard Chartes Blackwell Position Chair 2nd November 2022 TAR March 2012
| Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
1172376 No (if any) |
1172376 No (if any) |
1172376 No (if any) |
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| For the period from |
01-Apr-21 Period start date |
To | 31-Mar-22 Period end date |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 249 - 15 - - - - - 264 - - - 264 417 - - 34 - 23 - - - 474 - - - 474 - 210 - 1,930 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 249 | - | - | 249 | 27 | ||||
| Grants | - | - | - | - | 9,000 | ||||
| Retail(Sales) | 15 | - | - | 15 | - | ||||
| Gift Aid | - | - | - | - | 205 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
264 | - | - | 264 | 9,232 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 9,232 | |||||||||
| Insurance | 417 | 426 | |||||||
| Equipment | - | 22 | |||||||
| Retail(Stock) | - | - | |||||||
| Publicity | 34 | 68 | |||||||
| DisplayItems | - | 10,572 | |||||||
| Admin/Sundries | 23 | 19 | |||||||
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| **Sub total ** | 474 | 11,107 | |||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 11,107 | |||||||||
| - 210 | - | - | - 210 | - 1,875 | |||||
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| 1,930 | - | - | 1,930 | 3,805 | |||||
| 1,720 | - | - | 1,720 | 1,930 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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