2024-03-31-accounts - Friends Of Martello24

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1 April 2023 31 March 2024 To

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Friends of Martello24

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

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Richard Blackwell	Chair
	Denise Meyers	Minutes Secretary
	Andrew Ashton
	BarryTate
	Maureen Vogt
	Terence Burton

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)
Type of adviser Name Address
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

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Constitution

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Appointed by existing Trustees

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.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
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:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During the whole of the period, it was only possible to open Dymchurch’s Martello Tower 24 to the Public on one day. The reasons for this were:
a. a second season of seagulls nesting on the gun deck, which is one of the Tower’s main attractions, and,
b. English Heritage’s failure to clean the inside of the building to the standard necessary for public admission.
Our Trustees continued regular maintenance checks of the tower, reporting same to English Heritage.
Many concerns about the physical condition of the Tower have also been reported to English Heritage. As last year, we still await their proposals for making good these defects.
Due to the efforts of our Trustees, we have managed to avoid seagull nesting in 2024 by a combination of vigilance and netting, which we purchased. English Heritage have recently (August 2024) supplied new netting that should be easier to remove and refit on the days that we open.

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Section E Financial review

At present, we do not have any Allocated Reserves. Our Unallocated Brief statement of the Reserves are used for running costs, the main items being insurance and charity’s policy on reserves equipment for use in the Tower.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Richard Charles Blackwell Position Chair Date 16 August 2024

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	Friends of Martello24 Charity Name	Friends of Martello24 Charity Name	Friends of Martello24 Charity Name	1172376 No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	01-Apr-23 Period start date	To	31-Mar-24 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 51 - 106 - - - - - 157	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 51 - 106 - - - - - 157	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	51				441
Grants	-				-
Retail(Sales)	106				-
Gift Aid	-				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	157				441

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-	-
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*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					441

Insurance	503	-	-	503	423
Equipment	59	-	-	59	187
Retail(Stock)	-	-	-	-	-
Publicity	-	-	-	-	-
DisplayItems	-	-	-	-	-
Admin/Sundries	30	-	-	30	-
Website	170	-	-	170	-
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**Sub total **	762	-	-	762	610

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*
					610

	- 605				- 169
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	1,551				1,720
	946				1,551

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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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	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 B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Bank Account Petty Cash Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		946	-	-
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				Endowment funds to nearest £
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				Current value (optional)
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	Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
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	Signature	Print Name Richard Blackwell
				Date of approval
		Richard Blackwell		16/07/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

17/09/2024