**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period From : 01/01/24 To: 31/12/24** **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** Policy on grant making Para 1.38 **N/A** Policy on social investment Para 1.38 including program related investment **N/A** Contribution made by Para 1.38 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)** 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 £813 in cash funds, comprised of:**
**a total of £00.00 received, £62.40 paid**
**during the period, and £876 brought**
**forward from thepreviousperiod.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare 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**
**nothing due to the trust preparing to**
**close.**| |---|---|---| |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)** 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|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Norfolk Badger Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|N/A| |Registered charitynumber|1180066| |Charity’s principal address|3 Sandy Lane Holton Halesworth| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**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||27/01/19 - current|Acting trustees| |Helen Maxwell||27/01/19 - current|Acting trustees| |Luke Douglas|Chair|01/03/19 - current|Acting trustees| |Jamey Anne
Redway|Treasurer|27/01/19 - current|Acting trustees| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 7 8 9 10 11 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 17 18 19 20 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 held
in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **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 **Chair, etc)** **Date** 30/10/2025 Norfolk badger trust Accounts 1180066 01/01/23 to 31/12/2023 |Opening Balance £876.11|Opening Balance £876.11| |---|---| |Income|0| |Donations|0| |Outgoings|| |Website|£62.40| |Total|£876.21| |Closing|£813.81|