## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 August 2022 Period start date to 31 July 2023 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.**| P a g e 1 | 1 |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteering was limited this year to**
**helping monitor certain species**
**(primarily Tawny owl) as part of nest**
**box schemes Raptor Aid support and**
**some owl pellet dissection workshops.**| |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|•
**Several public talks carried out to**
**a variety of groups.**
•
**Successful Field Studies Council**
**Identification weekend ran (Aug**
**23)**
•
**Grant to Philippine Eagle**
**Foundation to support their**
**indigenous community’s work.**
•
**Continued support of various**
**wild raptor monitoring schemes**
**which in turn we can use to**
**educate the public.**
•
**Consultancy based advice**
**offered to various organisations**
**and individual raptor study**
**groups.**
•
**Continued sales of Nest boxes**
**and owl pellet dissection kits for**
**conservation and education**
**purposes.**
•
**Successful fundraising evening**
**hosted by Gary Jones**
**Photography and TV naturalist**
**Iolo Williams**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| ||Para 1.41|| P a g e 1 | 1 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set ## **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 £5432 in**
**bank funds at the year end date.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5432**| |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, sales of raptor based items,**
**income from educational courses run by**
**the Trustees and membership subs.**
**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||| P a g e 1 | 1 ## **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 P a g e 1 | 1 |||| |---|---|---| |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
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0|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**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| ||Anna Clark||May2 – July31 2023|N/A| ||Zoe Smith||May2 – July31 2023|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** P a g e 1 | 1 **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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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** P a g e 1 | 1 ## **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)** Stephen Joseph Watson FCA **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** November 27th 2023 P a g e 1 | 1 |**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Raptor Aid CIO**|||**1177127**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/08/2022|**To**|Period end date
31/07/2023||| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**3,256**
**3,683**
**1,996**
**489**
**558**
**2,220**
**435**

**12,637**

**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,637**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,256**
**-**
**3,683**
**1,996**
**489**
**558**
**-**
**2,220**
**435**
**12,637**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,637**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Donations Received**|**3,256**||||**3,385**| |**Courses**|||||**422**| |**Nest box sales**|**3,683**||||**6,459**| |**Microscopes, pellets and kits**|**1,996**||||**1,161**| |**Guided walks/ courses/ talks**|**489**||||**-**| |**Gift Aid**|**558**||||**-**| |**Sales of other website merchandise**|||||**821**| |**Fundraising event**|**2,220**||||| |**Membership subscriptions**|**435**||||**405**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**12,637**||||**12,653**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||| ||**12,637**|**-**|**-**|**12,637**|**12,653**| **A3 Payments Nest boxes 3,582 Marketing & Advertising 282 Website & IT support support 745 Insurance 711 Paypal, Ebay and bank charges 486 Postage, Packaging and Carriage 508 Materials for web resale - hand 705 magnifiers/ microscopes First Aid Kits/ Courses 350 Equipment/ ladders/ drones etc. Show exps/ display materials 656 Other costs 150 Donations & grants 986 Ringing costs 186** |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Nest boxes**|**3,582**||||||||**3,582**||**4,338**| |**Marketing & Advertising**|**282**||||||||**282**||**-**| |**Website & IT support support**|**745**||||||||**745**||**752**| |**Insurance**|**711**||||||||**711**||**711**| |**Paypal, Ebay and bank charges**|**486**||||||||**486**||**583**| |**Postage, Packaging and Carriage **|**508**||||||||**508**||**400**| |**Materials for web resale - hand**
**magnifiers/ microscopes**|**705**||||||||**705**||**2,091**| |**First Aid Kits/ Courses**|**350**||||||||**350**||**646**| |**Equipment/ ladders/ drones etc.**|||||||||**-**||**130**| |**Show exps/ display materials**|**656**||||||||**656**||**734**| |**Other costs**|**150**||||||||**150**||**138**| |**Donations &grants**|**986**||||||||**986**||**12,456**| |**Ringing costs**|**186**||||||||**186**||**500**| |**_Sub total_ **|**9,347**||**-**|||**-**|||**9,347**||**23,478**| ||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||| |**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**9,347**|||**-**|||**-**||**9,347**||**23,478**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**3,290**|||**-**|||**-**||**3,290**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**2,142**||||||||**2,142**||**2,142**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**5,432**|||**-**|||**-**||**5,432**||**2,142**| ## **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**
**Cash funds**
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,432**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,432**
**-**
OK
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
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Print Name
Stephen Joseph Watson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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