## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 April 2020 To 31 March 2021** ## **Charity name: Friends of the Marden Valley** ## **Charity registration number: 1173673** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**(1) To promote for the benefit of the**
**public the conservation, protection and**
**improvement of the River Marden and its**
**tributaries, from its source to its**
**confluence with the River Avon (North**
**East of Chippenham), together with its**
**surrounding habitats, its wildlife, both**
**flora and fauna of its catchment basin,**
**and**
**(2) To advance the education of the**
**public in the conservation, protection and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment as well as the history of the**
**River Marden Valley. **| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Continued maintenance of the River**
**Marden and its tributaries in particular**
**the Abberd Brook area.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In planning, organizing and implementing**
**all the activities of the charity the**
**trustees have had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit and affirm that the primary**
**purpose of the charity is to make the**
**Marden Valley and its immediate**
**surroundings an amenity for the public**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related |investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Approximately 20 volunteers contributed**
**over 100 hours in total in the period as**
**outdoor activities were severely**
**constrained by Covid lock down**
**restrictions.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity continued to engage with**
**young persons in outdoor activities and**
**conservation. The group known as the**
**River Warriors held regular**
**meetings to assist in cleaning the Abberd**
**Brook area and in increasing awareness**
**of the wildlife in the area whenever covid**
**lock down constraints allowed.**
**Meetings of the trustees, members and**
**partners continued on line (zoom) and a**
**number of talks were recorded and**
**posted on line including:**
A brief history of the Marden Valley October 31
2020
The Calne branch railway November 2020
The Calne branch Canal December 2020
Birds of Wiltshire and the Marden Valley
February 13 2021
Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership : Water
Quality March 11 2021
Bristol Avon Rivers Trust: Water Quality March
12 2021
**These continue to be viewed and**
**downloaded by the public**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity had a positive balance of**
**£115 at the end of the period**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity held just £100 in reserve at**
**the end of the period as covid constraints**
**meant a reduced level of activity and**
**expenditure.**| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**£100**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**appointed by trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of the Marden Valley| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Friends of AbberdBrook| |Registered charity number|1173673| |Charity’s principal address|Flat 15
Castle House
Castle Street
Calne
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Robert
MacNaughton|Secretary||| ||Ian Leslie Thorn|Chair||| ||Tamzyn Long|Trustee||| ||Andrew Steven
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**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Andrew Steven Jones|Ian Leslie Thorn| ||

Treasurer|Chair| ||4 March 2022|| ||4 March 2022||