Trustees' Annual Report Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
Objects of the Charity
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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.
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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
This year due to additional availability of task leader during the week, we were able to run additional volunteer task days, far exceeding pre-pandemic totals.
146 volunteers completed 876 hours of work over 29 recorded volunteer task days.
Once again we were able to run some joint sessions, twice with the Dorset Council Rights of Way volunteers and once with the district finance team from Forestry England.
As in previous years tasks included maintaining the tumuli heritage features, managing invasive Himalayan balsam, Rhododendron & Bracken, restoring picnic benches and progressing our heathland restoration project on Elford Heath.
Work commenced on a project to make the dog splash area in Cannon Hill North safer to use and a more permanent structure.
By the end of the winter, significant progress was made on the final section of Elford Heath, our heathland restoration site.
We hope to have the initial work on this site completed this coming winter and two benches installed during the summer.
Income and Expenditure
Opening balance - £3,883
This year we have been very successful with grant applications resulting in an incredible £10,780 of our £12,423 income.
Grants came from Arnold Clarke, Colehill Parish Council, Talbot Village Trust, The Conservation Volunteers, Waitrose and Partners in Parkstone and Wessex Water.
Projects supported include Elford Heath restoration, Additional storage facility, Fire fighting water bowser and our Dog splash pool.
Closing balance was £9,135 (the majority of this balance is funds restricted to the above projects).
AGM & Trustees
The AGM was held on Wed 15[th] June 2022 at Highmead Farm.
A presentation celebrating 10 years of the friends was given by Andy Hartstone.
It was agreed that at this meeting all existing trustees would stand for re-election due to the break in AGMs caused by the pandemic.
All four trustees stood again and were unanimously re-elected.
Current Trustees -
Mr Andy Hartstone, Mrs Jean Loader, Mr Jeffery Maple, Mr Scott Whibley (Chair)
| Charity Name Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands |
Charity Name Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands |
Charity Name Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands |
Charity Name Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands |
Charity Name Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands |
No (if any) 1174302 |
No (if any) 1174302 |
CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
Period start date 1st April 2022 |
To | Period end date 31st March 2023 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Balance Carried Forward - 3,883- |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - -- |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ - 3,883- |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Balance Carried Forward | - 3,883- |
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- 3,883- |
- 3,470- |
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| Membership/Donations - Online | - 525- |
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- -- |
- 525- |
- 92- |
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| Membership/Donations - Cheques | - 25- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 25- |
- 20- |
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| Online referrals (Easyfundraising/Smile) | - 72- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 72- |
- 64- |
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| Bench Sponsorship | - 850- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 850- |
- 300- |
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| HMRC Gift Aid | - 171- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 171- |
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| Grants / Funding | - 10,780- |
- -- |
- 10,780- |
- 1,000- |
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) - 5,526- A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
- 5,526- |
- 10,780- |
- -- |
- 16,306- |
- 4,946- |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Nil | - -- |
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| - -- |
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- -- |
- -- |
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| Sub total- -- Total receipts - 5,526- A3 Payments |
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| - 5,526- |
- 10,780- |
- -- |
- 16,306- |
- 4,946- |
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| memberships / Land registry search | - -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 13- |
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| Tools & PPE | - 912- |
- 3,654- |
- -- |
- 4,566- |
- 363- |
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| Timber / Consumables | - 895- |
- 383- |
- -- |
- 1,278- |
- 336- |
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| Trailer Maintenance | - -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
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| Insurance Premium | - 266- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 266- |
- 266- |
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| AGM Hall Hire / meeting costs / Transport | - 20- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 20- |
- -- |
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| Volunteer Task Catering | - 3- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 3- |
- 34- |
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| Web Hosting | - -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- 51- |
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| Training Courses | - -- |
- 1,038- |
- -- |
- 1,038- |
- -- |
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| **Sub total ** | - 2,096- |
- 5,075- |
- -- |
- 7,171- |
- 1,063- |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Nil | ||||||||
| - -- |
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- -- |
- -- |
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| - -- |
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| Sub total - -- Total payments - 2,096- Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,430- A5 Transfers between funds - -- A6 Cash funds last year end - -- Cash funds this year end - 3,430- |
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| - 2,096- |
- 5,075- |
- -- |
- 7,171- |
- 1,063- |
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| - 3,430- |
- 5,705- |
- -- |
- 9,135- |
- 4,565- |
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| - -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
- -- |
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| - -- |
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| - 3,430- |
- 5,705- |
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- 9,135- |
- 3,470- |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Details Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Nil - -- - -- - -- Total cash funds - -- - -- - -- Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets Nil - -- - -- - -- Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) B3 Investment assets Nil - -- - -- Details Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
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to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Nil - - -
Total cash funds - - -
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets Nil - - -
Fund to which asset Current value
Cost (optional)
Details belongs (optional)
B3 Investment assets Nil - -
Fund to which asset Current value
Cost (optional)
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
12/22/2023
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s | Tool storage & Trailers | - | 2,005- | - | 3,000- | ||||
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| own use | Tools | - | 7,166- | - | 7,166- | ||||
| Consumables | - | 1,278- | - | -- | |||||
| - | -- | - | -- | ||||||
| Fund to which | Amount due | When due | |||||||
| Details | liability relates | (optional) | (optional) | ||||||
| B5 Liabilities | Nil | - | -- | ||||||
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval | ||||||
| Jeff Maple | 25/09/2023 | ||||||||
| Andy Hartstone | 25/09/2023 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
12/22/2023
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