Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date Period end date 1 April 2022 31 March 2023 To
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1172376 Charity's principal address Glenbrook, Rolfe Lane New Romney Kent TN28 8JL
Friends of Martello24
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 (ifany) |
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| Richard Blackwell | Chair | |||
| Denise Meyers | Minutes Secretary | |||
| Andrew Ashton | ||||
| BarryTate | ||||
| Maureen Vogt | ||||
| Terence Burton | 14/6/22 – 31/3/23 | |||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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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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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Finance & Technology | Adrian Goodsell | Glenbrook, Rolfe Lane, New Romney, TN28 8JL |
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
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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 exclusively by arranging exhibitions, lectures, classes and similar educational activities.
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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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With the ending of most Covid-19 restrictions in early 2022 we planned to re-open the Tower to the public as usual from Easter to the end of October. However, due to seagulls nesting on the gun deck at the top of the Tower, this was not possible. The season was reduced to August 2022 to October 2022.
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Our volunteers continued regular maintenance checks of the tower, reporting same to English Heritage.
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Many concerns about the physical condition of the Tower have been reported to English Heritage. We await their proposals for making good these defects.
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We have also made proposals to English Heritage regarding antiseagull nesting measures, so that for 2023 we are able to open the Tower for the full season.
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Section E Financial review At present. VR do not have any Allocated Reserves. Our Unall(Kated Reserves are used for running costs, the main items being insuranc* and equipment for use in the Tcwer. Brlef statsment of the charlty's pollcy on reserves Detalls of any funds materlalty In doficft Further flnancial review details (Optional information) You may choose lo indude addrtj'onal informab'on, where relevant about.. the charity's pnnopal sources offunds linduding any fundraising).. how expendrture has supported the key objectives of the charity: investment policy and objectives induding any ethical inveslffnt policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behall of the charlty's trust••s Slgnaturelsl Full nam•ls> Richard Charbes Black¥11 Poslt5on Chair 18 October 2023 TAR M•r¢h 2012
| Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
Friends of Martello24 Charity Name |
1172376 No (if any) |
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| Receipts and payments accounts | |||
| For the period from |
01-Apr-22 Period start date |
To | 31-Mar-23 Period end date |
CC16a
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 441 - - - - - - - 441 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 441 - - - - - - - 441 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 441 | 249 | |||||||
| Grants | - | - | |||||||
| Retail(Sales) | - | 15 | |||||||
| Gift Aid | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
441 |
264 | |||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 264 | |||||||||
Insurance |
423 | - | - | 423 | 417 | ||||
| Equipment | 187 | - | - | 187 | - | ||||
| Retail(Stock) | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Publicity | - | - | - | - | 34 | ||||
| DisplayItems | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Admin/Sundries | - | - | - | - | 23 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 610 | - | - | 610 | 474 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 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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| 474 | |||||||||
| - 169 | - 210 | ||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||
| 1,720 | 1,930 | ||||||||
| 1,551 | 1,720 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
17/10/2023
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