2024-12-31-accounts - Campton United Charities

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 1[st] January 2024

Period end date 31[st] December 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Campton United Charities

Other names charity is known by

	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any)1174972 Charity's principal address 39 Rectory Road Campton, Shefford Bedfordshire Postcode SG17 5PF ~~ee~~	Registered charity number (if any)1174972 Charity's principal address 39 Rectory Road Campton, Shefford Bedfordshire Postcode SG17 5PF ~~ee~~
	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity		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)
1 Charles Ash	1 Charles Ash	Chair		Parish Council
2 David Baker	2 David Baker	Secretary		Parish Council
3 Jose	3 Joseph Longson			Parish Council
4 Christo	4 Christopher Strong			Parish Council
5 Deborah Ma	5 Deborah Maggs			Parish Council
6 William Simon Lamb	6 William Simon Lamb			Parish Council
7	Role not exercised	Ex officio
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11

12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~se~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Charitable Incorporated Organisation Foundation Model Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Campton and Chicksands Parish Council. Trustee selection methods Ex officio appointment of the incumbent to All Saints’ Church, Campton. (eg. appointed by, elected by)

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.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To provide a financial benefit for residents of Campton village who are in need of support due to adverse personal circumstances, to be paid once yearly as a lump sum. This may either be directly to the persons concerned or to another charity that provides support to the community.

Funds are raised through rent paid on the charity’s property, referred to as ‘Poor’s Field’ located in Clifton Fields, Shefford, and from interest on the investment of capital from a bequest (Poor’s Stock) held in a COIF Charities Deposit Fund managed by CCLA.

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The charity has awarded a grant to The Need Project Central Bedfordshire (Registered Charity Number 1157691) to enable purchase of provisions for this important local Food Bank. The Need Project was then able to distribute food provisions for those in need due to adverse personal circumstances who live in Campton.

The trustees have, in accordance with Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities Accounts and Reports Regulations 2008, paid due regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission when exercising powers or duties to which the guidance was relevant.

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

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

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Section D Achievements and performance

The charity became registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation Summary of the main with the Charity Commission in October 2017 following its de-registration achievements of the charity in May 2010. during the year The charity formed an association with The Need Project in Central Bedfordshire to enable a disbursement to fund purchases for the Food Bank so that items were distributed to those in need in Campton.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

‘Poor’s Stock’ is invested through a CCLA investment fund which acts as a reserve. All grants are made from the current account.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No deficits

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to 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.

The principal source of funding continues to be the leasing of ‘Poor’s Field’ for grazing. The rental income provides the major contribution to the annual grant award. In 2024 the rental due was £100.00 and the grant award agreed was £100.00.

The expenditure was specifically for the benefit of those persons in need living in Campton.

Trustees are very aware that public benefit is currently limited by the charity’s income and are looking to the main asset of the charity ‘Poor’s Field’, and its potential to increase income and therefore opportunities for public benefit. A change of use for the land might allow for an increased rent, or sale of all or part of the land might offer the potential to increase the charity’s holding in the ‘Poor’s Stock’ CCLA investment fund. The trustees have actively been researching a number of options and their viability, and have obtained a loan from the Parish Council to pay for the legal fees involved in first registration of ‘Poor’s Field’ with the Land Registry.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

David John Baker Full name(s) Charles Ash Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Secretary etc) Date 02/06/2025

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		Campton United Charities	Campton United Charities	Campton United Charities	Campton United Charities			1174972	1174972
		Receipts andpayments accounts									CC16a
For the period from ~~ee~~					01/01/2024 Period start date ~~ee ~~	To ~~ee~~			31/12/2024 Period end date ~~ee~~
Section A Receipts and payments
		Unrestricted funds			Restricted funds	Endowment funds			Total funds		Last year
		to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £			to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Annual Rent - Poor's Field		100	100		-	-	-		100		200
Dividends - Poor's Stock CCLA		29	29		-	-	-		29		28
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
*Sub total*(Gross income for	(Gross income for
AR)	AR)	129	129		-	-	-		129		228
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 129 - - 129 228 ~~——————~~
A3 Payments
Grant to Need Project(Food Bank)		100	100		-	-	-		100		200
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
		-	-		-	-	-		-		-
**Sub total **		100	100		-	-	-		100		200
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 100 - - 100 200 ~~———=———~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*	29 - - 29 - - - 297 - - 326 - - 326 ~~SSS~~						- 29 - - - - - 326	- 29 - 326	- 29 - 297 - 326 ~~5~~	- 29	28 - 269 297 ~~=~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

30/05/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Signature Details Details Bank Account Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Poor's Stock CCLA Fund 2	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 326 - - - - - 326 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) COIF CCLA - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Charles Ash David John Baker	Endowment funds to nearest £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		OK
		Endowment funds to nearest £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		Current value (optional)
		1,055
		-
		-
		-
		-
		Current value (optional)
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		When due (optional)






		Date of approval
	Charles Ash	02/06/2025
2	David John Baker	02/06/2025 30/05/2025