Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1st January 2025 To 31st December 2025
From 1st January 2025
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
Registered charity number (if any) 1178253
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| 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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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
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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 has been a long term project, with the mineral excavation expected to be finally completed around the end of 2026, and only then will its development for sport and recreation become possible. Throughout the period of excavation, however, the Trust has collaborated with the landowners and other parties in the planning of the eventual facilities, and will continue to do so as the further development of the lake continues. The trustees will conduct all these activities with regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Summary of the main In the year to 31 December 2025, the Trust received bank interest of £1. activities undertaken for the Apart from bank charges totalling £60, there were no other financial public benefit in relation to transactions in the year. these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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.
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The Trust has not yet commenced substantive operations and will establish its reserves policy in due course.
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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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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 01/21/26
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| Upton Watersports Lake Trust No. 1178253 Receipts andpayments account Period start date To Period end date 1st Jan 2025 For the period from 31st Dec 2025 |
Upton Watersports Lake Trust No. 1178253 Receipts andpayments account Period start date To Period end date 1st Jan 2025 For the period from 31st Dec 2025 |
Upton Watersports Lake Trust No. 1178253 Receipts andpayments account Period start date To Period end date 1st Jan 2025 For the period from 31st Dec 2025 |
Upton Watersports Lake Trust No. 1178253 Receipts andpayments account Period start date To Period end date 1st Jan 2025 For the period from 31st Dec 2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Bank interest 1 - - - - - 1 - - Sub total - Total receipts 1 A3 Payments Bank charges 60 - - - - - - - - Sub total 60 - - Sub total - Total payments 60 Net of receipts/(payments) -59 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 788 Cash funds this year end 729 Unrestricted funds Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 60 - - - - - - - - 60 - - - 60 -59 0 788 729 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
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 £ to nearest £ 729 - - - - - 729 0 OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - 0 - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) 0 - - - - Cost (optional) 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - Print Name Ronald McNeill Paterson Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| R M Paterson | Ronald McNeill Paterson | 1/21/25 | |