## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From : 01/01/20 To: 31/12/20** ## **Charity name: Norfolk Badger Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1180066** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**a) For the public benefit, to promote and**
**enhance the welfare, conservation and**
**protection of badgers****_Meles meles_, their**
**setts and habitats in the Norfolk area.**
**b) To advance the education of the public**
**in the welfare, conservation and**
**protection of badgers, their setts and**
**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|**The main activities undertaken by Norfolk**
**Badger Trust for the public benefit during**
**the period have included: providing**
**advice about badgers directly to**
**members of the public free of charge;**
**assisting in wildlife rescue operations**
**involving badgers and collecting sett and**
**badger records. Activities were limited**
**during this period by the Coronavirus**
**pandemic, restricted to those that were**
**essential only. **| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees of Norfolk Badger Trust**
**have complied with their duty to have due**
**regard to the commission’s public benefit**
**guidance when exercising any powers or**
**duties to which the guidance is relevant.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** 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|**Advice service: Norfolk Badger Trust**
**have been able to assist a number of**
**individuals and organisations by**
**providing information and advice about**
**badgers in Norfolk, which has resulted in**
**direct and indirect benefit to badgers and**
**the general public. Examples of such**
**instances include: following up on**
**reports of potential wildlife crime**
**reported by concerned members of the**
**public and liaising with the police;**
**providing advice to concerned**
**landowners about orphan badger cubs**
**and ultimately carrying out rescue and**
**rehabilitation; working with wildlife**
**rescue organisations to facilitate rescue**
**operations; providing advice to farmers**
**and landowners experiencing issues with**
**badgers on their land; liaising with**
**ecological consultants in order to aid**
**ecological assessments of potential**
**developments.**
**Public engagement/educational talks:**
**During the reporting period the**
**Coronavirus pandemic has meant that**
**the group did not attend public events or**
**deliver talks such as would usually be a**
**core activity of the group.**
**Norfolk Badger Trust collect, validate**
**(where appropriate) and collate badger**
**records (setts, live sightings and dead**
**animals) from trustees, members and the**
**general public via voluntary reporting.**
**During this reporting period records were**
**collected and submitted to the Local**
**Environmental Records Centre, Norfolk**
**Biodiversity Information Service. This**
**information is made available for use by**
**third parties in research and impact**
**assessments for developments etc.**
**where appropriate.**| **All of the activities listed above have benefitted badgers and/or the public. By offering advice and information Norfolk Badger Trust have been able to effectively promote the conservation and protection of badgers, which in turn ensures the ecosystem services they provide humanity persist. These activities also facilitate a reduction in human-badger conflict e.g. through minimising damage to property or promoting mitigation to reduce road vehicle collisions with badgers, and allowing people to work within the laws pertaining to badgers and their setts.** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Given its status as a small group, Norfolk**
**Badger Trust was in a financially healthy**
**position at the end of the period, with a**
**total of £2,022 in cash funds, comprised**
**of: a total of £15 received, £511 paid**
**during the period, and £2,518 brought**
**forward from the previous period.**
**Although very little money was received**
**during the period (due primarily to the**
**Coronavirus pandemic), the expenditure**
**for the year was also limited. **| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**N/A **| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Due to the very small scale of the**
**organisation and lack of financial**
**responsibilities/obligations, reserves**
**have not been considered necessary. **| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **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|**The only source of funds for Norfolk**
**Badger Trust during this period was non-**
**voting membership fees (£15).**
**Fundraising was substantially restricted**
**during this period due to the Coronavirus**
**pandemic preventing many of the events**
**and talks that usually bring in the**
**majority of financial donations usually**
**received by the group. **| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**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|**a) Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed [for a**
**term of [1] year] by a resolution passed at**
**a properly convened meeting of the**
**charity trustees.**
**b) 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.**
**c) At the conclusion of each 1 year term**
**served, trustees may retire or be**
**reappointed by election at a properly**
**convened meeting of trustees.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Norfolk Badger Trust pays an annual**
**subscription to be affiliated to the**
**national Badger Trust – (registered**
**charity number 1111440). The national**
**Badger Trust acts as a central umbrella**
**for the smaller county badger groups,**
**and provides help, advice, support and at**
**times grants and equipment to affiliated**
**members. **| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Norfolk Badger Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1180066| |Charity’s principal address|51 Church Street
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Suffolk
IP23 7BD| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Georgette Cecile
Vale|||Acting trustees| ||Helen Maxwell|||Actingtrustees| ||Luke Douglas|Chair||Actingtrustees| ||Jamey Anne
Redway|Treasurer||Acting trustees| ||Mary Ruth
Goddard|Secretary
(First Trustee)||Charity Commission| ||William Joshua
Fitch|Chair
(First Trustee)|Year beginning –
03/06/20|Charity Commission| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**N/A **||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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)** ## **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)** Mary Goddard **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Secretary ] **Date** 31/10/21 ||**Charity Name**
**NORFOLK BADGER TRUST**|**Charity Name**
**NORFOLK BADGER TRUST**|**Charity Name**
**NORFOLK BADGER TRUST**|**No (if any)**
**1180066**|**No (if any)**
**1180066**|**No (if any)**
**1180066**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
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**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
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**15**
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**15**
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**15**
**178**
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**50**
**143**
**140**
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**511**
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**511**
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**178**
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**to the nearest £**| |Advice|**-**||||||**-**| |Crowd funding/Donations|**-**||||||**-**| |Events|**-**||||||**-**| |Membership|**15**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**15**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |Stationary|**178**||||||**-**| |Venue fee|**-**||||||**-**| |Badger Trust affiliation|**50**||||||**-**| |Equipment|**143**||||||**-**| |Vet fees|**140**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**511**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**charity’s own use**
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