## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From : 01/01/23 To: 31/12/23** ## **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;**
**including information about the welfare,**
**conservation and protection of badgers,**
**their setts and habitats; working with**
**local Wildlife Crime Officers in relation to**
**persecution of badgers.**| |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 and**
**providing appropriate advice; providing**
**advice to famers and landowners**
**experiencing issues with badgers on**
**their land; liaising with ecological**
**consultants in order to aid ecological**
**assessments of potential developments**
**such as road construction.**
**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.**
**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)**
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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** |**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 £876 in cash funds, comprised of:**
**a total of £63 received, £162 paid during**
**the period, and £876 brought forward**
**from the previous period.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|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 primary source of funds for Norfolk**
**Badger Trust during this period was**
**donations (£63).**| |---|---|---| |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, royal charter)|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)**
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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|3 Sandy Lane Holton Halesworth| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Georgette Cecile
Vale||27/01/19 - current|Acting trustees| ||Helen Maxwell||27/01/19 - current|Actingtrustees| ||Luke Douglas|Chair|01/03/19 - current|Actingtrustees| ||Jamey Anne
Redway|Treasurer|27/01/19 - current|Acting trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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)** ldouglas **Full name(s)** Luke Douglas **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[chair ] **Date** 31/10/2024 Norfolk badger trust Accounts 1180066 01/01/23 to 31/12/2023 Opening Balance £876.11 Income Donations £63 Outgoings Website £62.40 Badger trust affiliation £100 Total £876.21 Closing £876.21