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Trustees' Annual Report for the period
| Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | Period end date | ||||
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| 01 | February | 2023 | 31 | January | 2024 | ||
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Trust Other names charity is known by Cornwall AONB Trust Registered charity number (if any) 1172467
Charity's principal address New County Hall, Treyew Rd, Truro, Cornwall, Postcode TR1 3AY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 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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| Hugh St Aubyn | Chairperson & Treasurer |
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| Deborah Boden | |||
| GittyAnkers | |||
| Dr GregBorne | |||
| Mark Chanter | |||
| Emma Browning | Ex-Officio | ||
| Peter LeFort | Ex-Officio |
Section B Structure,governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Foundation Model Constitution
How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Trustee selection methods[The Constitution of the Cornwall AONB Trust was amended in July 2018 –] Clause 9 (3) ‘To increase the number of appointed trustees from 4 to a maximum of 8’. At a General Meeting of the Trustees held on the 18[th] July 2018, the Trustees, having carried out a skills audit, agreed to appoint additional trustees to increase the skills capacity of the Board of Trustees. The Governing Document has been amended accordingly to state that there can be six appointed trustees and two nominated trustees.
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
The Cornwall AONB Trust has seven trustees consisting of five You may choose to include independent appointed trustees and two nominated ex-officio trustees. additional information, where The Charity remains entirely independent from the Cornwall AONB relevant about: Partnership in its daily activities.
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and There is a vacancy that we hope to fill to complete the Trust needs in training of trustees; communications and accountancy.
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the charity’s organisational There is an active business plan which his referred to and actions
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structure and any wider benchmarked against at each meeting. There is also an organisation risk
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network with which the charity register which is reviewed annually.
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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 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) |
To promote the conservation, protection and enhancement of the physical and natural environment. Advance education in and around the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). |
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| To build and maintain an Environment Landscape Fund (ELF) – a delegated grant scheme that supports local communities, organisations and small businesses to deliver conservation and enhancement projects for the benefit of the Cornwall AONB. The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained within the Charity Commissions General Guidance on public benefit in relation to reviewing the Cornwall AONB Trust’s aims and objectives in light of planned activities. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
During this fiscal year financial activity took place through working with the Cornwall National Landscapes Team in joint delivery of projects and an updating of the Trust website. You may choose to include There was additional activity in continuing to develop the Trust’s business further statements, where plan and re-launch the business supporters scheme and ELF grants after relevant,about: being mothballed during the Covid lockdowns. policy on grantmaking; The Trust has recruited more Trustees over the year in accordance with policy programme related our Constitution. investment; contribution made by CAONB has recently been renamed the Cornwall National Landscape, volunteers. and both names are used in the return. The relationship with the Unit/Partnership remains unaltered and the Trust will be applying for a change of name to Cornwall National Landscape Trust to support public understanding of the ongoing relationship between the two organisations.
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Section D Achievements and performance The Cornwall AONB Trust was first registered with the Charity Summary of the main Commission in April 2017. achievements of the charity during the year Trustees meet monthly to six weeks to review the work of the Trust and to ensure it remains focussed in its aims and objectives. The Trust will continue to support a variety of community activities for the benefit of the public as it relaunches its various schemes and applies for additional funding. The Trust is committed to supporting a wide range of initiatives through the Environment Landscape Fund by offering grants of up to £500 which help facilitate projects which fall within the AONB Management Plan, 2022 - 2027.
| Section E Financial review | Section E Financial review |
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| Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details Youmay chooseto 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. |
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| The Trusts business supporters scheme and ELF grants were largely dormant during this fiscal year due to the ongoing effects of the Covid 19 lockdown. However, activity was undertaken with a view to restoring the usual activities. This was through continuing work and participation in projects with the CNL team and updating the website. The net surplus recorded for this financial period was directly applied to these projects. Applications for grant funding to support a range of projects in line with the purposes of the Trust were paused as ongoing work on the business plan and governance of the Trust continued. |
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| The principal funding source for this period was a donation from St Aubyn Estates and two small payments from a new scheme to raise funds with Amazon. The Trust intends to increase project funding in accordance with the Cornwall AONB Management Plan 2022 – 2027 in the upcoming year. Likewise, the Trust’s objectives are to increase fundraising through donations and registering for Gift Aid with HMRC. |
Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration ~~ee~~
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature Full name Hugh St Aubyn ~~pC~~ Position Chairperson Date 31 January 2024
Signature Full name Deborah Boden ~~Cn~~ Position Trustee Date 3 February 2025
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| Charity Name No (if any) |
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| Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Trust 1172467 |
| CC16a Receipts andpayments accounts |
| Period start date To Period end date 01.02.2021 31.01.2022 For the period from |
| Section A Receipts and payments |
| Total funds Last year Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds |
| to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ |
| A1 Receipts |
| OpeningBalance 19,158 - - Donations 541 - - 19,158 - - - - 19,699 - - - 19,158 Sub total(Gross income for AR) ~~SSeS~~ |
| A2 Asset and investment sales - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 19,699 - - - 19,158 ~~—————~~ |
| A3 Payments Bank Charges 60 - - 60 - Project Support Funding 5,307 - - 5,307 - - - - - - Sub total 5,367 - - 5,367 - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 5,367 - - 5,367 - A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) ~~=~~ ~~= =~~ ~~—————~~ |
| Net of receipts/(payments) 14,332 - - 5,367 19,158 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - - Cash funds this year end 14,332 - - 5,367 19,158 ~~SSS$4~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| B1 Cash funds | to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ HSBC Cash Account 14,332 - - - - - - - - 14,332 - - OK OK OK Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) ~~====~~ |
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| B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - ~~——~~ |
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| Details | Cost (optional) Fund to which asset belongs |
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| B3 Investment assets | - - - - ~~——~~ |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| B5 Liabilities | - ~~——~~ |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of |
Print Name | Date of approval |
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| Hugh St Aubyn | 3-Feb-25 | |||||
| Deborah Boden | 3-Feb-25 |
| Stripe Transactions | Feb-20 | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | |
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| 98.4 |
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