2024-12-31-accounts - Saltford Brass Mill Project

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

~~_~~ Section A Reference and administration details ~~___~~

Charity name The Saltford Brass Mill Project ~~Po~~ Other names charity is known by Saltford Brass Mill Project (SBMP) ~~Po~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1174901 ~~Td~~ Charity's principal address The Willows, Homefield Road, Saltford Bristol BS31 3EG

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(if any)
	Patrick Beazley	ActingChair	From 25 Nov 23 to 27 June 24	Trustees are appointed by
1	Stavros Christofides	Chair	From 27 June 24	election at a General Meeting of the members.
	Stavros Christofides	Treasurer	Resigned as Treasurer 12 Sep 24	A new Trustee and a new Chair were elected at the
2 3	Patrick Beazley Dominic Hewitt Ian Ferguson	Secretary Secretary	Resigned 12 Sep2024 Appointed 27 June 24 Appointed 12 Sep2024	June AGM. Two Trustees had to step down due to health reasons so two Trustee Officers were
4	Judith Sullivan	Treasurer	Appointed 12 Sep2024	elected at a special
5	Richard Ross Noel Dawson		Resigned 12 Sep2024	Meeting to fill the Treasurer and Secretary roles.

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Not applicable

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Not applicable ~~TT~~

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document[Constitution (Association) ]

How the charity is constituted[The Saltford Brass Mill Project (SBMP) is a Charitable Incorporated ] Organisation (CIO).

Trustee selection methods Trustees and Officers are appointed by election at a General (eg.) Meeting of the members. Two new Trustee Officers were appointed at a special Trustee Meeting on the 12 September 2024 following resignations of two Trustees due to ill health. .

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

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.

The Trustees are supported by a committee made up of members, also elected at a General Meeting of the membership.

During the period of the report the Trustees have held a number of ad hoc meetings and reviews. The 2024 Annual General Meeting was held in the Mill on the 27 June 2024. A special Trustees Meeting was held on the 12 September 2024 to accept two resignations and appoint two new Trustee Officers.

Under SBMP’s Safety Policy a comprehensive Hazard Log is maintained. This is reviewed annually, and we keep an Incident Book in the Mill along with first aid equipment.

We have a Safeguarding Policy and a Data Protection Policy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations. Volunteers receive regular briefings on all these aspects.

There are no incidents to report to the Charity Commissioners. The resignation of the long-standing Chair in November 2023 was resolved by the appointment of a new Chair at the June 2024 AGM and this was followed by new appointments for both the Treasurer and Secretary roles. There was no adverse impact on the work of the CIO during this period.

The CIO signed a 5-yr Tenancy Agreement to occupy the Monument with the long term leaseholders, B&NES Council, effective June 2023. This provides the CIO with the right to occupy the site as well as certain third party and other insurance protections. The Council are also responsible for the provision of services, primarily the electricity costs. The relationship with the Mill Island freeholder is also very good.

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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)	Theobjects or purposes of the CIOare: a. The preservation and maintenance of the Saltford Brass Mill, on the river Avon in Somerset, for the public benefit. b. To advance the education of the public in the subject of the Mill. c. For the public benefit to advance education in the history of the brass industry in North East Somerset and the Bristol region by facilitating and supporting research into the industry, its working method and people involved. d. For the public benefit to advance education in the metal industry’s heritage, history and relevance for today, particularly in relation to its place in North East Somerset and the Bristol region.
	a.At alltimes trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. We completed negotiation of a formal sub-lease of “our” section of the Mill from the Local Authority, setting out our respective rights and responsibilities regarding access, payment for utilities and safeguarding of the public while visiting the Mill. The Trustees consider this to be a firm basis for the future. b.During the period of the report SBMP grew to over 24 members (including the trustees), of whom some 20 are active volunteers. c.We were able open the Mill to the public as usual in May. We had just over 750 visitors including some 84 young people. Some 100 visitors were from groups of interested organisations attending arranged visits. Talks were given to local societies and interest groups by our new Chair and the series of very short articles on aspects of the brass industry and the Mill published in a village magazine also continued. d. Garden and minor building maintenance and cleaning also continued. SBMP has continued to work on several projects to enhance our interpretation displays and introduce interactive video and acoustic simulation. e. SBMP volunteers continued to conduct research and liaison with regional Museums Group and Industrial Archaeology groups nationwide, leading to the enhancement of interpretation displays in the mill. f.There are no incidents to report to the Charity Commissioners.

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)

Theobjects or purposes of the CIOare:
a. The preservation and maintenance of the Saltford Brass Mill, on the
river Avon in Somerset, for the public benefit.
b. To advance the education of the public in the subject of the Mill.
c. For the public benefit to advance education in the history of the
brass industry in North East Somerset and the Bristol region by
facilitating and supporting research into the industry, its working
method and people involved.
d. For the public benefit to advance education in the metal industry’s
heritage, history and relevance for today, particularly in relation to its
place in North East Somerset and the Bristol region.

a.At alltimes trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit. We completed negotiation of
a formal sub-lease of “our” section of the Mill from the Local
Authority, setting out our respective rights and responsibilities
regarding access, payment for utilities and safeguarding of the
public while visiting the Mill. The Trustees consider this to be a firm
basis for the future.
b.During the period of the report SBMP grew to over 24 members
(including the trustees), of whom some 20 are active volunteers.
c.We were able open the Mill to the public as usual in May. We
had just over 750 visitors including some 84 young people.
Some 100 visitors were from groups of interested organisations
attending arranged visits. Talks were given to local societies
and interest groups by our new Chair and the series of very
short articles on aspects of the brass industry and the Mill
published in a village magazine also continued.
d. Garden and minor building maintenance and cleaning also
continued. SBMP has continued to work on several projects to
enhance our interpretation displays and introduce interactive video
and acoustic simulation.
e. SBMP volunteers continued to conduct research and liaison with
regional Museums Group and Industrial Archaeology groups
nationwide, leading to the enhancement of interpretation displays in
the mill.
f.There are no incidents to report to the Charity Commissioners.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

No further statements

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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

Section D Achievements and performance

The Project depends on its small but dedicated group of volunteers to Summary of the main look after the monument, clear up after the now regular winter flooding achievements of the charity and prepare it so that it can be opened to the public from May to October. during the year Many of our volunteers have been with us for many years and the average age has been creeping up with obvious implications on the future viability of the Project. Following a number of initiatives we were able to recruit six new members including a new Secretary and a new Treasurer as well as elect one of the existing Trustees as the new Chair.

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Section E Financial review The Trustees have implemented Financial Controls to ensure expendrture is controlled so that it is justified and generally covered by income. Following the suc£ess of the HaMr Model diorama funds were made available for the development of a similar size Rolling Mill diorama which was completed and installed successfully further enhanang our visrtor experience. Closing funds were just over £19,800 an improvement of nearfy £500 over the year. The Trustees will continue to maintain available funds arouThd the current level for the foreseeable future to enable them to respond to any issues that may arise that may require funding such as use of extemal staff for tasks currently done by volunteers. Most of the surplus tunds are hdd in an interest bearing Bank account. The Trustees consider the CIO to be in a heatthy finanaal posrtion which they aim to maintsin going forward. Brief statement of the charity's policy on rnserves Details of any funds materialty In deflctt None Further financlal rnview details Ioptlonal infonnatlon) Unrestricted funds. We generated a reasonable amount during the year from visitor and group visit donations and from talks to local societies. Expendrture has been in support of the continuing operation of the Mill and the CIO. As mentioned above. the Trustees decided to use some of the legacy money to further upgrade the interprelation materials and commission a rolling mill diorama to (X)meMent the earfier hammer model whith has proved to be very popular with our visitors. You may choose to indude additional infomiation, where relevant about: the charrtys principal sources of funds (induding any fundraising)" how expendrture has supported the key oLyectives of the charity; investment wlicy and objectives induding any ethical investment policy adopted. Restrided Funds. These are the residue of a grant from the local authority (Bath and North East Somerset), vthich has a °repairing° lease on the propety. These funds were just under £8 at the beginning of the year and remained so till the end of the year. The account is maintained ady to receive money from the Council for any paIrS or mainlenance tasks that the Volunteers can carry out safely with the Council's approval. Section F Other optional information No further infOrMatn Section G Declaration The trusteos deGlaro that they havo approved the trustoes, report abovo. Slgned on behalf of the charity's Signaturels Full name(s) lan Ferguson Posltlon (Sacretsry. Chair, etc) ros ChristofKles Chair 2- June 2025 Saltford Brass Mill Prqect - Trustees Annual Re 2024

SALTFORD BRASS IAILL PROJECT (HARITY (OMMISSION Receipts and FOR ENGLMD AND WALES 1174901 ments accounts CC16a For thfr To Section A Receipts and payments t lund• Total funds 2023 A1 Roc•lpts 1.1 1,101 TO 744 744 141 Sub tOtal(GrO nx¥n• fvARJ 3.417 b tot•1 3,417 M7 311 745 14 14 2.621 Sub total 2,521 19.319 19.783 19.327 19,519 19,791 19.317 CCXX R1 aLuiJX5 {SS) 21105r2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period unrtriCt• Restrlcttrd Endowment T¢X•l fvnd• d fvnds nth 81 Ca•h fund 1,514 i•J 193 18,076 1&078 Tot•1 ¢WI funds 19,783 1•.791 d fvndB Oet3i15 B5 Uablllllg1 Slgnature £1/q Sh3n•d th• Awjttor C•IIIS ESSÉX