## **Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands** ## Trustees' Annual Report Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 ## Objects of the Charity 1. To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the woodlands and surrounding area of Uddens & Cannon Hill Plantations. 2. For the benefit of the inhabitants of East Dorset, to provide or assist the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life for the inhabitants of the area of benefit in particular but not exclusively by the preservation, promotion, support, assistance and improvement of the woodlands and surrounding area of Uddens & Cannon Hill Plantations. ## Activities The year started slowly with the first two months cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. We were pleased to be able to resume in June when we were joined by the Area Ranger from the Greenspaces team at Dorset Council who assisted us in resurfacing a bridleway that was becoming difficult for horse riders to safely negotiate. We continued our joint working initiative with two more tasks where we were supported by the Dorset Council Rights of Way volunteers. Other tasks this year included maintaining the tumuli heritage features, managing invasive Himalayan balsam, Rhododendron & Bracken, restoring picnic benches and progressing our heathland restoration project on Elford Heath. Volunteer numbers were slow to pick up following the pandemic, but we were delighted to be back up into double figures by November and even had 21 people join us for a task in March. We recorded a total of 136 volunteers completing 575 hours of work over our main task events. ## **Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands** ## Income and Expenditure Opening balance - £3,470 Income of £1,476 included a generous £1,000 donation from Waitrose and Partners in Parkstone. A further £300 was gratefully received from Glenacres nursery for bench sponsorship. Other private donations accounted for £112 and £64 commission for online referrals. We are incredibly grateful for these donations. There were no grants received this year, although applications are in place for next year for some significant projects that are in the planning stage. For this reason, we expect the income and expenses to increase significantly over the next few years. Expenses of £1063 were again modest with the majority spent on tools, timber for benches and Insurance. Closing balance was £3,883 ## AGM & Trustees Following an interruption due to the pandemic an AGM is scheduled for Wed 15[th] June 2022. It was agreed that at this meeting all existing trustees would stand for re-election (if they wished to). During the year two trustees retired from their roles Mrs Lin White and Mrs Luanne Burbidge. They had both been with us from the start and we would not be where we are now without them. We were also extremely sad to say a fond farewell to Mr James “Jimmy” Burbidge who passed away recently. A true gentleman and supporter, again from the very start. Current Trustees - Mr Andy Hartstone, Mrs Jean Loader, Mr Jeffery Maple, Mr Scott Whibley (Acting Chair) CHARITY COMAIISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Frlends of udde￿ & c￿0ft Hill W(K)thands 1174302 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a To 31st Maith 2022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrtetèd funds Restricted Endowment lund T¢)tal fund L451 y¥ai toll*rnwB#£ toth• MarMt£ to th* h#*r•rt£ to th• r*ar•rt£ A1 Rec Balan￿ Carried Foryfdrd fwntkyshipltknnaucn5. Online Membership1Tbr￿Cffis. Ct Onl1r￿ retstras [Easy￿r￿l￿n￿'￿l SKKmsDtShip (>ants i Funth 1470 3NTO 1999 Sub total(Gr&ss income forAR) A2 Awt and InTrntment sal￿. l¥ee table). 456S Sub total T¢*al rn¢•lpts 4.565 A3 Paym•nts TCV membership l L*d seach T￿$ & PPE rimberl ConsJmatAes Trailer Maintwant Insuran￿ p￿MiuM AGM Hall Hira ImoÉbw cnstslrrawo 13 13 3n 144 vdunt￿rTaSk C*ung Wob Hosbng 51 51 Sub total A4 Ass•t •nd Invesbnert purchas￿, Is•• tab￿) Sub total Net ofrBCth.￿IpaYM AS Tran$f8r¥ between fund AS Cash funds last end Cash funds this ywend 3,470 CCXX R1 aixounts ISSI 1m022 Section B Staternent of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endowment funds to neaTo¥t£ Categori&s Details funds funds trIll￿fFI1£ B1 Cash funds Details no•re¥t£ B2 Other monetary assèts Ftstwj tOT•thi¢h Currnntvalue Details 83 Inve5tm•nt assets FundlO*tAch CuNoMvaluo onal Det2ils 84 Assets rntained for the harity's own uso lowh*h Details onal 85 Liabilities SD3fied by Or￿ or &¥0 trLL5tses on beha of all the trustees SKJrAlure PFtrrt Name Date of Jeff Maple 13th Jur￿ 2022 Andy Hartstone 13th June 2022 CGXX R2 acxowits ISSI 131Lrr2022