2022-04-30-accounts - Benchmark At Grinham's Wood

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 May 2021 30 April 2022

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Benchmark at Grinham's Wood

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1175777

Charity's principal address Cairnbank, West End, Horncliffe, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland

Postcode TD15 2XN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 James Herriot Chair
2 Adrian Bell Trustee
3 Robert Bulling Trustee
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

March 2012

TAR

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

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by members Trustee selection methods

(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;

No material progress has been made on the project. Lower Tweed developments remain pending, but the plan for a source to mouth route progresses and the project would sit within that plan well. Accordingly the trustees remain of the view that the project remains worthwhile and may still come to fruition.

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

March 2012

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The objects of the charity are:

3.1 to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Horncliffe and the surrounding areas the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants; and Summary of the objects of the charity set out in 3.2 to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation its governing document protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.

and to carry out these purposes through establishing and thereafter conserving and protecting a community wood, its wildlife, flora and fauna to be known as Grinham's Wood at Horncliffe, for the benefit of the public. The sole activity undertaken to date has been to explore the possibility of acquiring land at Horncliffe for the establishment of Grinham's Wood and to conduct some initial planning with regard to the implementation of the project.

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)

March 2012

TAR

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

March 2012

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The charity has carried out some consultation in relation to how it might achieve its objectives and remains interests in pursuing them.

March 2012

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Given the early stage of the organisation's development, and its very limited funds and activity to date, no reserves policy has yet been established.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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.

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)

Full name(s) Adrian Bell Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Chair, etc) Date 4 December 2022

March 2012

TAR

Benchmark at Grinham's Wood 1175777

Receipts and payments accounts

01.05.21

30.4.22

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations - - - -
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- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - - - -
A3 Payments
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Sub total [ - ] - - -
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 - - - -
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted		Restricted
Categories	Details		funds		funds
B1 Cash funds	Cash at bank	*Total cash funds*	to nearest £ 75 - - 75		to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		Agreement Error	OK
			Unrestricted		Restricted
			funds		funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		to nearest £ - - - - - -		to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use					- - - - - - - -
			Fund to which		Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details		liability relates		- - - - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature	Print	Name
			Adrian Bell

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Last year
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to the nearest £

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

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Date of
approval
4-Dec-22
4-Dec-22
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