## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 To 31[st] March 2025** **Charity name:** The Plantation Wood Ellesmere ## **Charity registration number:** 1175383 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit of the public the
provision of woodlands as a public amenity.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The woodland was insured and maintained
through work carried out by volunteers
throughout the year so that the public had
continued access to the amenity and were able
to get involved in its maintenance.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has continued to maintain the
woodland to enable continued access to be
available to the public.
Volunteers were able to carry out maintenance
works throughout the year with the trimming
of overgrowth, clearing of paths and repairing
of steps undertaken to keep the footpaths
open and accessible.
Fundraising activities continued with stalls held
at various local events to raise monies to fund
the continued running of the woodland.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|The charity continues to hold funds to the
value of over five times its annual running
costs.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|These reserves are to held to ensure annual
running costs can be met well into the future in
the event of a fall in income.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The charity is governed by its constitution.| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is a CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected by decision of the
members.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|The Plantation Wood Ellesmere| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1175383| |Charity’s principal address|1-3 Willow Street,
Ellesmere
Shropshire
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paul Goulbourne|Vice-chairman &
secretary||| ||Phillippa Elms|Treasurer||| ||Laura Isobel Hough|||| ||Joan Mowl|||| ||Michael Hennessey||Resigned 08/10/25|| ||Rodney Stokes|||| ||Hywel Edwards|||| ||Sharon Davies-
Culham|Fundraising||| ||Grania Miller|Chairman||| ||Ranjit Chatterjee|||| ||James Need||Appointed 08/10/25|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** ~~PHILLIP~~ {{sig1_es_:signer1:signature:dimension(width=80mm, height=15mm)}} ~~Phillipp~~ PA ELMS ~~a Elms (Jan 30, 2026 16:17:20 GMT)~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** TREASURER **Chair, etc) Date** 30th January 2026 **The Plantation Wood Ellesmere 1175383 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01-Apr-24 31/03/2025 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,054**
**565**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**1,522**
**184**
**6**
**480**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**427**
**-**
**11,590**
**12,017**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,054**
**565**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**1,522**
**184**
**6**
**480**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**427**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,054**
**565**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,619**
**-**
**1,522**
**184**
**6**
**480**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,192**
**427**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Grants|**-**|||||**-**| |Donations|**2,054**|||||**-**| |Fundraising|**565**|||||**-**| |Other|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,619**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Registrations and subscriptions|**-**|||||**-**| |Repairs and maintenance|**1,522**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**184**|||||**-**| |Postage,stationery&printing|**6**|||||**-**| |Other|**480**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**2,192**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**427**|**-**|**-**|**427**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**11,590**|**-**|**-**|**11,590**||**-**| ||**12,017**|**-**|**-**|**12,017**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/01/2026 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
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Phillip||**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
Chainsaw
Strimmer
**Details**
Signature|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**11,968**
**-**
**49**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,017**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
UNRESTRICTED
**420**
UNRESTRICTED
**265**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Phillippa Elms
GMT)|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||Chainsaw||||**-**| |||Strimmer||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||**Details**||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||Date of
approval| |||||||| ||||||Phillippa Elms|30/01/2026| ||{{sig1_es_:signer1:signature:dimension(width=80mm, height=
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