**AGM Thursday 20th October 2022 at 2.30pm** All members are invited to our AGM, which once again will be held via Zoom. The link will be emailed to all members for whom we have an email address on file. Please contact Penny on info@cpredevon.org.uk who will send you the link if you don’t receive one. The annual accounts are set out in the following pages. We look forward to seeing you albeit virtually in October. ## **THE DEVON BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND CIO** **CPRE DEVON CIO - Charity registered number 1175228 Administrative address: PO Box 26, Beaworthy, EX21 5XN** ## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021** The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended December 31, 2021. ## **Administrative information** The Trustees who served the Charity during the year were: Rebecca Bartleet Chairman Michael Best Honorary Treasurer Phillip Bratby Ivan Buxton Stephen Crowther Dale Hall Nicholas Whitsun-Jones (Resigned 28th May 2021) Penny Mills undertook the day to day management of the Charity, as delegated by the Trustees. 3 The independent examiner of the accounts of the Charity is Mr Ian Barrett FCA FCIE of Barretts, 22, Union Street, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2JS. The Charity’s bankers were the TSB – during the year the main account was transferred from the RBS to TSB which led to the Charity receiving £ 4,000 as an incentive.The Charity has a web site www.cpredevon.org.uk which contains considerable information about its activities. ## **CPRE Devon CIO - Structure, Governance and Management** The board of Trustees of CPRE Devon CIO is drawn from interested individuals who are able to contribute their knowledge and expertise to carrying out the various activities of the Charity. New Trustees are appointed by the existing Trustees. The Charity is managed by an Executive Committee which comprises the following officers; Chairman, Honorary Treasurer and Branch Director. The Trustees sit on the Executive Committee as well as the officers. ## **Objects and Activities** The objects of the Charity are “to promote and encourage for the benefit of the nation the improvement, protection and preservation of the countryside of Devon and its towns and villages and the better development of the rural environment”. The Charity fulfils its obligation to enjoy charitable status by delivering the following benefits to the various communities in Devon: • By considering applications presented to the local planning authorities to ensure that the benefits are enjoyed by the wider community. • By holding meetings at both District and Branch levels that are open to members, local government councillors or similar, and representatives of other relevant interest groups throughout the County. • By being available to members as a source of advice on how to respond to proposed developments that might affect them. • By providing the Charity’s website www.cpredevon.org.uk which has become a key enabler for the membership, the media and other visitors to the site to understand some of the key problem areas in Devon. • The CPRE Devon website has thus become a repository of the work undertaken by the Charity where members can discover what may interest them and the wider implications for Devon as a whole. • Funds bequeathed to the Charity are being used in accordance with the terms of the bequests; in 2013 for the further education of children of all ages in Devon on countryside matters of all types, and in 2017 for other projects exclusively in the county of Devon. 4 ## **Financial Review** The Charity receives income from the National Office of CPRE of approximately 50% of the subscriptions it receives from members resident in Devon. The Charity also receives grants, bequests, donations and gifts from supporters in Devon. In 2021 the Charity’s income includes the following: - National Office - National Office £28,116 • Advances on the Mason bequest received from National Office £13,359 • Donations from supporters in Devon £ 8,053 ## **Reserves Policy** It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves, at a level sufficient to provide services and equipment in compliance with its objects for a period of at least 12 months. Restricted funds are set aside of such amounts as are appropriate to provide specialised services and equipment in accordance with the restrictions attached to the funds by the respective donors. It was agreed by the Trustees that the Mason bequest be treated as unrestricted funds. The Trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO. ## **CPRE Devon Branch** CPRE Devon Branch will remain on the Charity Commission register as a “shell” charity with nominal assets purely as a precaution to preserve any future legacies that might otherwise fail. CPRE Devon Branch was set up as a charity in April 1996 but, following the change of its charitable status, ceased functioning as a Charity in April 2018. It now has no members other than the remaining trustees. It will continue to prepare annual accounts and hold an Annual General Meeting in accordance with its constitution. The Branch maintains its bank account with Barclays which recorded donations received of £111 during the year ended December 31, 2021. 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