## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 August 2019 Period start date To 31 July 2020 Period end date Charity name: Raptor Aid CIO** **Charity registration number: 117127** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public**
**in matters pertaining to birds of prey**
**(raptors), their habitats, species**
**conservation and monitoring,**
**ornithology and avian biology.**
**To promote for the benefit of the public**
**the conservation and protection of birds**
**of prey (raptors) and their habitats.**| |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|**Provision of educational and field**
**courses to schools, members of the**
**public including Wildlife Trusts.**
**We provide education in natural history,**
**conservation of habitats, species**
**conservation, ornithology, avian biology**
**and birds of prey conservation and**
**monitoring.**| |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 had 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|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Trustees are not as yet in a position**
**to make grants but intend to do so once**
**funds become available.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The Trustees are not as yet in a position**
**to make social investments.**| |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Unfortunately due to Covid-19 Peregrine**
**watch for 2020 was cancelled but it**
**should be pointed out that this year saw**
**us rescue 3 of the four Peregrine chicks**
**and return them to safety. This came to**
**us because of our work and exposure**
**with Peregrine Watch 2019.**| |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|•
**Over 20 public talks carried out to**
**a variety of groups**
•
**Large science-based school**
**event participated in with over**
**800 children passing through**
•
**Unfortunately, due to Covid-19**
**the Field Studies Council**
**Identification weekend was**
**cancelled for 2020 although we**
**have rebooked with FSC for 2021**
•
**No international field trips have**
**been carried out due to Covid-19**
•
**Continued support of various**
**wild raptor monitoring schemes**
**which in turn we can use to**
**educate the general public in**
•
**Consultancy based advice**
**offered to various organisations**
**and individual raptor study**
**groups**
•
**Development of a new**
**environmentally efficient nest**
**box supplier**
•
**Strong relationship made with**
**Chester University and the**
**support in developing a Tawny**
**owl nest box scheme carried out**
**by a Masters student which will**
**continue into 2021**
•
**Associations made with**
**Gloucestershire Raptor**
**Monitoring Group and Highland**
**Raptor Study Group to work**
**together sharing scientific**
**research for educational**
**purposes**
•
**Large exposure on social media**
**by carrying our 24 online**
**interviews with raptor biologists**
**and experts. This has led to the**| - **development of a Podcast beginning October 2020** - • **Interviewing high profile names such as Chris Packham and Wild Justice leading to exposure online** - • **Carrying out two presentation videos for BirdFair 2020 - Europe’s largest conservation event** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Para 1.41 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold no reserves other than £966 in**
**bank funds at the year end date.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£966**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**As a formative organisation funds are**
**not currently available to provide**
**reserves**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Trustees manage the charity from**
**generated cash flow and there is no risk**
**of not continuing as a going concern as**
**we have virtually no fixed overheads.**| |**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|**Donations and income from educational**
**courses run by the Trustees.**
**Sales of nestboxes for raptors**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**We have insignificant fixed overheads**
**and operate as our incoming cash flow**
**allows therefore our financial risks are**
**minimal.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Foundation CIO constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|**Eligibility for trusteeship**
**(a)**
**Every charity trustee must be a**
**natural person.**
**(b)**
**No individual may be appointed**
**as a charity trustee of the CIO:**
**• if he or she is under the age of 16**
**years; or**
**• if he or she would automatically cease**
**to hold office under the provisions of**
**clause [12(1)(e)].**
**(c)**
**No one is entitled to act as a**
**charity trustee whether on appointment**
**or on any re-appointment until he or she**
**has expressly acknowledged, in**
**whatever way the charity trustees**
**decide, his or her acceptance of the**
**office of charity trustee.**
**(d)**
**At least one of the trustees of the**
**CIO must be 18 years of age or over. If**
**there is no trustee aged at least 18**
**years, the remaining trustees may only**
**act to call a meeting of the charity**
**trustees, or appoint a new charity**
**trustee.**
**Appointment of charity trustees**
**(1)**
**Apart from the first charity**
**trustees, every trustee must be**
**appointed for a term of three years by a**
**resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**
**(2)**
**In selecting individuals for**
**appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to the**
**skills, knowledge and experience**
**needed for the effective administration**
**of the CIO.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees |||| |---|---|---| |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** |Charity name|Raptor Aid CIO| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Raptor Aid| |Registered charity number|1177127| |Charity’s principal address|1 CASTLE WAY
DODLESTON
CHESTER
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||James Hill|Chair|Wholeperiod|N/A| ||Stephen Joseph Watson FCA|Treasurer|Wholeperiod|N/A| ||Blake Williams||Wholeperiod|N/A| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** James Hill ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Stephen Joseph Watson FCA|| ||
Treasurer|| ||August 4 2020|| ||August 4 2020|| **Charity Name No (if any) Raptor Aid CIO 1177127** **CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date **To from** 01/08/2019 Period end date 31/07/2020 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest**|**£**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||| |**Donations Received**|**1,700**|||**-**|||**-**||**1,700**||**627**|| |**Courses**|**250**|||**-**|||**-**||**250**||**1,460**|| |Nest box sales|**3,185**|||**-**|||**-**||**3,185**|||**-**| |Guided walks/ talks|**275**|||**-**|||**-**||**275**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||||||||||||| |_AR)_|**5,410**|||**-**|||**-**||**5,410**||**2,087**|| |||||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,700**
**250**
**3,185**
**275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**5,410**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,700**
**250**
**3,185**
**275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,410**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,700**
**250**
**3,185**
**275**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,410**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Donations Received**|**1,700**|**-**|**-**|**1,700**||**627**| |**Courses**|**250**|**-**|**-**|**250**||**1,460**| |Nest box sales|**3,185**|**-**|**-**|**3,185**||**-**| |Guided walks/ talks|**275**|**-**|**-**|**275**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**5,410**|**-**|**-**|**5,410**||**2,087**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,410**
**-**
**49**
**570**
**-**
**49**
**2,292**
**1,100**
**450**
**-**
**4,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,510**
**900**
**-**
**66**
**966**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- **
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**
**-**
**-**

**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,410**
**-**
**49**
**570**
**-**
**49**
**2,292**
**1,100**
**450**
**-**
**4,510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,510**
**900**||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**2,087**| |||||||| |**-**|**-**|||||**-**| |**Office Stationery**|**49**|||||**64**| |**Website support**|**570**|||||**1,800**| |**Insurance**|**-**|||||**151**| |**Paypal charges**|**49**|||||**6**| |**Nestboxes for resale**|**2,292**|||||**-**| |**Owlpellet kit materials**|**1,100**|||||**-**| |**Donations**|**450**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**4,510**|||||**2,021**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**2,021**| |||||||| ||**900**|**-**|
**-**|**900**||**66**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**66**|**-**|**-**|**66**||**-**| ||**966**|**-**|
**-**|**966**||**66**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Bank balance|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**966**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Bank balance|**966**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**966**| |---|---|---| |||Stephen Joseph Watson| ||||