2024-12-31-accounts - Upton Watersports Lake Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date From 1st January 2024 To 31st December 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Upton Watersports Lake Trust Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1178253 Charity's principal address 43 Perpetual House Station Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Peter PhilipBarker
Christopher Jeremy Horne		Upton Rowing Club
Ronald McNeill Paterson	Chairman
Philippa Carey Riddle		Upton Rowing Club
Maurice Stanley		Ex officio as Chairman of Upton RowingClub

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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

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution based on the model wording for a CIO. Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) (a) Appointed by existing trustees (minimum one, maximum four) Trustee selection methods (b) Nominated by Upton Rowing Club (minimum one, maximum four) (eg. appointed by, elected by) (c) Chairman of Upton Rowing Club, ex officio

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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To promote community participation in amateur sport and healthy recreation, in particular (but without limitation) by providing facilities for rowing and other non-powered watersports, primarily but not exclusively Summary of the objects of the for the residents of Upton-upon-Severn and the surrounding area. charity set out in its governing document Upton Watersports Lake Trust was established in May 2018 in order to take a leading role in the development and operation of a new lake that is presently being created alongside the River Severn by the extraction of mineral deposits. This is a long term project, with the mineral excavation scheduled to continue for at least two more years, and only after that will its use for sport and recreation become possible. In the years leading up to that time, however, the Trust will take part in the planning of the eventual facilities and will seek to raise funds as and when required to meet its costs. This will include working in collaboration with Upton Rowing Club and other potential users of the lake, and engaging with the local community, the planning authorities, the landowners, the mineral Summary of the main extraction company and all other interested parties in order to bring the activities undertaken for the project to a successful conclusion. The trustees will conduct all these public benefit in relation to activities with regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public these objects (include within benefit. this section the statutory In the year to 31 December 2024, the Trust received bank interest of £2. declaration that trustees have Apart from bank charges totalling £60, there were no other financial had regard to the guidance transactions in the year. issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

As noted in the previous section, the development of the lake is a long Summary of the main term project and at this stage the Trust has not yet commenced any achievements of the charity operations of its own. In the meantime, however, the Trustees have during the year continued to take part in consultations with other parties involved in the development, in order to ensure that the project is proceeding in a way that is consistent with the Trust’s objectives. It is expected that the excavation and restoration of the site will continue for at least two more years, after which the development and use of the lake will be able to commence. In the meantime, it is intended that a boathouse will be built in order to provide facilities for the users of the lake, and the Trust will work with Upton Rowing Club on this key phase of the project.

Section E Financial review

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The Trust has not yet commenced substantive operations and will Brief statement of the establish its reserves policy in due course. charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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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) R M Paterson Full name(s) Ronald McNeill Paterson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date 12/02/25

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	Upton Watersports Lake Trust	Upton Watersports Lake Trust			CC16a
	For the period from	Period start date 1st Jan 2024	To

Section A Receipts and payments
to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Bank interest 2 Unrestricted funds		to the nearest £ - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 2	Last year to the nearest £
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Bank current account Details Details Details Details Signature R M Paterson *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ Unrestricted funds	to nearest £ Restricted funds	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
R M Paterson	Ronald McNeill Paterson		12/02/25

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13/02/2025