32 The Beach Walmer Kent CT14 7HN
Annual Report for the Charity Commission for the year to 31 January 2023
In October 2022 Dover Harbour Board announced they were abandoning their plans to dredge the Goodwin Sands for marine aggregate. However, in January 2023 The Crown Estate (who own the UK seabed out to the 12nm limit) confirmed they sMll intend to put the Sands out to tender someMme in the future. Thus our work conMnues.
It also means that our research on the quality of bathymetric modelling required for an Environmental Impact Assessment remains very valid. We approached the Coastal Marine Applied Research group at the University of Plymouth who confirmed they would be happy to peer review our research report for a fee of £2,500.
The Ramsgate Society invited us to join a working group to oversee the regeneraMon of Ramsgate MariMme Museum. Funds have been raised through the Government’s Levelling Up programme but further money is required. The new museum intends to have a Goodwins Gallery – hence our involvement in the project.
We conMnued working with the Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries & ConservaMon Authority to draw up an effecMve management plan for the Goodwin Sands Marine ConservaMon Zone.
We took part in a number of speaking engagements and pop up displays around the Deal area. We took part in the Deal Music & Arts Childrens FesMval by providing a giant colouring canvas for children (and adults) to colour in. The result is spectacular and we are sMll looking for a home to hang the completed canvas.
In November 2022 we held a very successful exhibiMon at the Taylor-Jones gallery in Deal enMtled Dark and Stormy. The display included story boards and artefacts from wrecks on the Goodwins. It was then transferred to Dover Museum for three months. We raised £1,000 from a Preview Night which will go towards the cost of ediMng our podcast series (see below).
In December 2022 we started recording a series of podcasts. Our interviewees are all people with various different and interesMng experiences of the Goodwin Sands. One was a wonderful old fisherman who helped discover the wreck of the S.rling Castle and who sadly died a couple of months aber making the recording. The podcasts will be edited and broadcast as a series. Ramsgate Radio has indicated an interest in doing this.
| RECEIPTS | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Donations received | 878 | 948 |
| Grants received | 1,300 | L,000 |
| GiftAidreceived | 158 | |
| MerchandiseSales | 1,742 | 1,5t8 |
| TotalReceipts | 3,920 | 3,625 |
| Admin | 6 | 29 |
|---|---|---|
| Displays | L,738 | 1,995 |
| Postage,Printing,Stationery | --37L | 181 |
| Projects | 3,L92 | |
| SubstoOthers | 15 | |
| Sundry | rs+ | |
| Training | 210 | |
| Travel Expenses | 200 | L6 |
| Total Expenditure | 5,691 | 2,438 |
| NetofReceipts/(Payments) | lt,77Ll | L,t87 |
| Cashinhandat yearend | 2,667 | 4,438 |