## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1[st] January 2020 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Lenham Meadows Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1176004** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote the conservation, protection**
**and improvement of the physical and**
**natural environment of the area known**
**as Lenham and the surrounding area in**
**the Parish of Lenham. To provide or**
**assist in the provision of the interests of**
**social welfare for recreation and leisure**
**time occupation with the objective of**
**improving the conditions of life for**
**those living or working in the Parish of**
**Lenham**| |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|**To take into the Trust ownership open**
**space land and manage such land for**
**the benefit of the residents and visitors**
**of Lenham. Glebe Pond has been**
**purchased and the area restored for the**
**enjoyment of the public**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All Trustees are familiar with the Charity**
**Commission guidance and have regard**
**to the public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All LMT volunteers assist the Trust in**
**maintaining our open spaces and help**
**with fundraising. However, last year we**
**did not have any activities involving**
**volunteers due to Covid-19 restrictions**| |---|---|---| |Other||**N/A**| ## **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|**As per last year’s return the Lenham**
**Meadows Trust continued to maintain**
**Glebe Pond to the benefit of residents of**
**Lenham and its visitors, Unfortunately,**
**due to Covid-19 restrictions a number of**
**events and activities were cancelled or**
**re-scheduled to 2021.**
**However, we were able to work with the**
**Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership**
**in producing an information panel**
**giving information about Glebe Pond**
**and its springs as the source of the**
**River Stour.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The Trust’s achievements continue to**
**be set** **against our objectives and**
**despite Covid-19 restrictions we were**
**able to review what we do to benefit the**
**community**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Despite Covid-19 restrictions we were**
**able to fundraise by advertising in our**
**local village magazine for members and**
**also by producing a Lenham Meadows**
**Trust calendar which we sold in local**
**village outlets.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Trustees have reviewed the Trust’s**
**financial position and deem it to be**
**satisfactory**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A **| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We are a relatively new charity and have**
**no need for reserves**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Trustees have no uncertainties**
**regarding the LMT continuing as a going**
**concern**| ## **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|**This year it was not possible to arrange**
**any fundraising events, however, in a**
**‘normal’ year we would look to public**
**events; annual donations as the**
**principal source of funds**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO (Foundation)**| |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 appointed usually by personal**
**recommendation. Chairman, Deputy**
**Chairman and Treasurer are all elected**
**by Trustees**| |**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|**Trustee Training and via Charity**
**Commission website**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Trustees meet on a quarterly basis (this**
**year via Zoom); the Management Team**
**meet monthly (again this year via**
**Zoom).**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Kent Wildlife Trust; Kentish Stour**
**Countryside Partnership**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Lenham Meadows Trust**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**N/A**| |Registered charity number|**1176004 **| |Charity’s principal address|**1A High Street, Lenham, Kent, ME17 2QT**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||David Marshall|Chairman||Trustees| ||Daniel Matthews|DeputyChairman||Trustees| ||Valerie Woollven|Treasurer||Trustees| ||Danielle Coorsh|||| ||Richard
Greenwood|||| ||Michael Cockett|||| ||Marshall Osborne|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**N/A **||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity N/A Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this N/A falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and N/A segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| ||N/A|| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _D R Marshall_ **Full name(s)** David Richard Marshall **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc) Date** 28/10/21 **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2020 31/12/2020 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**6,258**
**1,175**
**1,708**
**-**
**453**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,594**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,594**
**1,022**
**545**
**138**
**118**
**14**
**1,837**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,837**
**7,757**
**-**
**10,015**
**17,772**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**626**
**264**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**890**
**230**
**230**
**1,120**
**- 1,120**
**-**
**1,634**
**514**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**6,258**
**1,175**
**1,708**
**-**
**453**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,594**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,594**
**-**
**-**
**1,022**
**626**
**264**
**545**
**138**
**118**
**14**
**2,727**
**-**
**230**
**230**
**2,957**
**6,637**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**6,258**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**6,258**||**2,720**| |Subscriptions|**1,175**|||**1,175**||**1,150**| |Events|**1,708**|||**1,708**||**1,017**| |Grant|**-**|||**-**||**6,890**| |Gift Aid|**453**|||**453**||**1,625**| |Interest|**-**|||**-**||**1**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**9,594**|||**9,594**||**13,403**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**9,594**||**13,403**| |||||||| |Conservation|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**252**| |Contract Work||||**-**||**654**| |Event Costs|**1,022**|||**1,022**||**207**| |Fixture Repairs||||**626**||**-**| |PropertyMaintenance||||**264**||**-**| |General Insurance|**545**|||**545**||**600**| |Design & Printing|**138**|||**138**||**1,147**| |Social Media|**118**|||**118**||**165**| |MeetingExpenses|**14**|||**14**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,837**|||**2,727**||**3,025**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |**Land**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||**1,741**| |Fixtures & Fittings|**-**|||**230**||**4,522**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**230**||**6,263**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**2,957**||**9,288**| |||||||| ||**7,757**|**- 1,120**|**-**|**6,637**||**4,115**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**10,015**|**1,634**||**11,649**||**7,534**| ||**17,772**|**514**|**-**|**18,286**||**11,649**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/10/2021 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**
Land
Fencing
Benches
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**17,772**
**-**
**-**
**17,772**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
Unrestricted
Restricted
Restricted
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**514**
**-**
**-**
**514**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**230**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |_D R Marshall_
Signature
_VJ Woollven_|Print Name| |---|---| |_VJ Woollven_|V J WOOLLVEN| |_D R Marshall_|D R MARSHALL| Date of approval 27/10/2021 27/10/2021 28/10/2021 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2