## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 August 2020 Period start date To 31 July 2021 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|**Due to the outbreak of Covid 19 no**
**volunteering opportunities took place**| |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 work of the charity during**
**this period has like many others**
**been very difficult and curtailed**
**due to the outbreak and**
**continued impact of Covid 19. We**
**have however continued to**
**virtually spread the word and our**
**organisations efforts to conserve**
**birds of prey by carrying out over**
**25 interviews with bird of prey**
**experts from all over the globe.**
**This has turned into a Podcast**
**and 10 episodes of the podcast**
**have been produced to date. The**
**use of eBay to sell nest boxes**
**and owl pellet dissection kits and**
**since December 2020 we have**
**sold and supplied well over 1000**
**owl pellets for children to explore**
**and learn. Covid 19 has allowed**
**the trustees to take stock of the**
**direction and efforts of the**
**charity including the addition of**
**offering grants. We have granted**
**over £1000 to two organisations**
**and 3 biologists and hope to**
**build on this going forward. No**
**international travel took place to**
**support projects but with some**
**relaxations in covid restrictions**
**we continued to support the**
**various raptor study groups we**
**are involved with in the field.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| ||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 £3336 in**
**bank funds at the year end date.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3336**| |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 and educational**
**material for students of 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|Coxwood Farm, Cox Lane Rossett Wrexham LL12 0BG| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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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|| ||December 10 2021|| ||December 10 2021|| |**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Raptor Aid CIO**|||**1177127**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/08/2020|**To**|Period end date
31/07/2021||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**3,911**
**325**
**7,613**
**3,983**
**50**
**254**
**480**
**-**

**16,616**

**-**
**-**
**-**
**16,616**
**5,719**
**-**
**2,081**
**151**
**484**
**1,044**
**2,474**
**1,098**
**104**
**976**
**116**
**14,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,246**
**2,370**
**-**
**966**
**3,336**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**9,631**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,631**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,631**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,631**
**-**
**-**
**9,631**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**13,541**
**325**
**7,613**
**3,983**
**50**
**254**
**480**
**-**
**26,247**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,247**
**5,719**
**-**
**2,081**
**151**
**484**
**1,044**
**2,474**
**1,098**
**104**
**976**
**116**
**14,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,246**
**12,001**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**13,541**
**325**
**7,613**
**3,983**
**50**
**254**
**480**
**-**
**26,247**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,247**
**5,719**
**-**
**2,081**
**151**
**484**
**1,044**
**2,474**
**1,098**
**104**
**976**
**116**
**14,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,246**
**12,001**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Donations Received**|**3,911**|||||**1,700**| |**Courses**|**325**|||||**250**| |**Nest box sales**|**7,613**|||||**3,185**| |**Microscopes, pellets and kits**|**3,983**|||||| |**Guided walks/ courses/ talks**|**50**|||||**275**| |**Gift Aid**|**254**|||||**-**| |**Sales of other website merchandise**|**480**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**16,616**|||||**5,410**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**5,410**| |||||||| |**Nest boxes**|**5,719**|||||**2,292**| |**Office Stationery**|**-**|||||**49**| |**Website & IT support support**|**2,081**|||||**570**| |**Insurance**|**151**|||||**-**| |**Paypal, Ebay and bank charges**|**484**|||||**49**| |**Postage, Packaging and Carriage **|**1,044**|||||| |**Materials for web resale - hand**
**magnifiers/ microscopes**|**2,474**|||||**1,100**| |**Printer & drone**|**1,098**|||||| |**Other costs**|**104**|||||| |**Donations &grants**|**976**|||||**450**| |**Ringing costs**|**116**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**14,246**|||||**4,510**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**4,510**| |||||||| ||**2,370**|**9,631**|**-**|**12,001**||**900**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**966**|**-**|**-**|**966**||**66**| ||**3,336**|**9,631**|**-**|**12,967**||**966**| **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**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))
**Details**
**Bank balance**
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,336**
**9,631**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,336**
**9,631**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
Stephen Joseph Watson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| ||||09/12/2021| ||||| ||||| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** Charity Name **trustees/ members** Raptor Aid CIO **of** **On accounts for the year ended** 31 July 2021 **Charity** 1177127 **no (if any)** **Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07/2021. **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Date:** 29/12/2021 **Signed:** **Name:** Katharine J Watson FCA **Relevant** Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales **professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 10 Meadowsweet Road, Shurdington, Cheltenham, GLOS GL53 0AS ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 2 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 3 **Oct 2018** **IER**