**LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST Registered as a Charity and Charitable Incorporated Organisation in England & Wales No 1180626**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1 JANUARY to 31 DECEMBER 2020**
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## **1. Governance**
Langdyke Countryside Trust CIO was registered as a Charitable Incorporate Organisation (CIO) (no 1180626) by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 9th November 2018. The objectives of the CIO are to promote the conservation, protection and enhancement of the biodiversity, landscape, natural and cultural heritage of the rural areas of Peterborough, for the benefit of local people, visitors and the general public; and to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the rural areas of Peterborough, and its historic and cultural aspects.
These objectives are achieved by the conservation, protection and improvement of the natural environment and heritage in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire through restoring and managing the habitat and promoting biological diversity to enhance people's enjoyment and understanding of wildlife and their heritage.
Langdyke Countryside Trust CIO is governed by its Constitution approved and registered by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 9 November 2018. The CIO is managed by its trustees supported by a Management Board. The number of trustees is set by the constitution and may be between four and twelve. Currently there are eleven trustees and a list of trustees are given below. Trustees are appointed by the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Other members of the Management Board are appointed by the Board of Trustees. There is no set time period for service on the Management Board. The Management Board is responsible for the day-to-day management of the trust, such as setting budgets, approving all trust management policies and procedures, approving the trust accounts, etc. All Trustees are full members of the Management Board. The Management Board is chaired by the Chair of Trustees.
In addition to the Management Board, there are two Programme Committees, Conservation and People and Communities. These Programme Committees report to the Management Board and have executive functions delegated to them under the trust’s Scheme of Delegation. There are also four area groups made up of members from the particular geographic areas who manage the reserves and projects in their areas.
An AGM, open to all members of the trust, is held annually.
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## **2. Board of Trustees.** (all trustees served throughout the year unless stated otherwise)
Richard H Astle (Chair of Trustees) David J. Alvey Michael J. Clatworthy Robert D. Cowcill Christopher J. Gardiner Michael P. Horne Brian Lawrence (Honorary Treasurer) Antony Mould (Appointed 22/07/2020) Martin A. Parsons (Retired 30/04/2020) Adam E Saunby (Appointed 30/07/2020) Justin S Tilley (Appointed 30/07/2020) Christopher. D. Topper.
## **3. Bankers**
Metro Bank plc. 29 Long Causeway, Peterborough. PE1 1YJ Barclays Bank plc. , Peterborough Business Centre, P.O. Box 294, Peterborough. PE1 1EZ
## **4. Independent Examiner of Accounts**
Desmond Quinn BA ACMA., 30 Cherryfields, Ham Lane, Orton Waterville, Peterborough. PE2 5XD
## **5. Insurance Brokers**
Erskine Murray, 1 Penman Way, Grove Park, Leicester. LE19 1SY
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## **6 Annual Report of the Chair of the Trust.**
Covid-19 dominated the charity’s year. Our work parties and all outdoor events were cancelled in early March and social distancing restrictions disrupted our conservation work throughout the year.
Nevertheless, 2020 proved in many ways a successful year for the Trust, demonstrating our resilience as a charity in terms of our ability to adapt to circumstances and to transform the way we interact with our members. Our People and Communities Team rose to the challenge of lockdown and quickly organised and delivered a busy programme of on-line talks, conversations and activities, which provided many of our members with an important form of social interaction during a difficult time. During the first lockdown, we hosted fortnightly online conversations with leading national and local naturalists, artists and environmentalists and also an informal weekly drop-in chat on Zoom which was well attended and, judging by the feedback, greatly valued. The team also ran a busy Facebook programme, helping people to enjoy the nature in their gardens and what they could find on their daily exercise. A particular success was our “Three good things Thursday” campaign, asking members of our Facebook group to post three things from nature they had noticed every Thursday. We also ran online bird and flower identification sessions. Membership of our Facebook group doubled over the year.
Our work to help nature recover across the wider area of the John Clare Countryside also continued despite lockdown. During the first lockdown we used Zoom to bring together representatives of all the parish councils in the area and launched a campaign to develop nature recovery plans in each parish. All parishes have signed up to this campaign and completed first drafts of those plans during 2020. The delivery of those plans was, however, delayed by the reintroduction of restrictions in autumn 2020, and will be carried over to 2021. We also persuaded Peterborough City Council to endorse the John Clare Countryside vision unanimously at a meeting of the Full Council in July 2020. We have also continued to widen membership of the partnership and have developed important new relationships with the Welland Rivers Trust, Internal Drainage Board and Burghley Estates.
During the summer and early autumn, we were able to resume conservation work and took the opportunity to refresh the management plans for our reserves and to put in place a new framework for working with contractors to deliver the major tasks on each reserve. The richness of our reserves was amply reflected in the appearance of a new colony of the very scarce Man Orchid and of several new invertebrate species at Swaddywell Pit, including a wonderful Clifden Nonpareil moth in September. Vergette Wood Meadow too produced new sightings of key species such as four-spotted moth and marbled white butterfly.
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## **7. Achievements against objectives set.**
While we were unable to achieve all of our conservation objectives during the year, we succeed in our membership recruitment objectives. As set out above, we also continued to take forward our objectives for the John Clare Countryside, putting in place delivery plans for 2021.
## **8. Contributions made by volunteers.**
All our activities are devised, organised and delivered by volunteers! The number of Langdyke members actively involved in the operation of the Trust has increased significantly over the year. When restrictions allowed, we had more members than ever attending the two weekly work parties and also new volunteers to help with events, publicity and other activities designed to engage our members. Many of the online activities described above were ideas of new members and there has been a welcome influx of younger members and families over this period. Overall, we have over 50 active volunteers in the Trust, a very high proportion of our 185 household memberships.
Of particular note was the work of students from Stamford Endowed Schools, over 100 of whom took part in a week of conservation days on our Etton Maxey Pits reserve as part of their Duke of Edinburgh programme. A great deal of willow was cut down and crassula removed and from the feedback, it seems that a lot of fun was had too.
## **9. Financial Review**
As stated, above 2020 was greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic which delayed or deferred much of the work planned for the year. In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic work continued to increase the number of members which resulted in a 23.5% increase in membership subscriptions to £5,014.
The trust received a grant of £10,000 from Peterborough City Council which was related to the pandemic. The Management Board has decided to use this grant money to support nature recovery across the communities of the Langdyke area of operation. This money will support the installation of nest boxes and bug hotels, the creation of wildflower meadows and planting hedges and trees during 2021.
Government Rural Subsidies has fallen during the year because three of the receipts usual paid in December were not received and they are now anticipated to be received in the first three months of 2021.
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Expenditure during the year fell because the Trust was unable to run working parties owing to Coronavirus restrictions and work planned on our reserves was delayed or deferred. Hopefully, we will be able to undertake this work during 2021 as the work is vital to ensure that our nature reserves are kept in good condition.
Because of the delay in undertaking work during 2020 the Trust's cash reserves increased by £5,922 to £45,374. Although a significant percentage of the Trust's income is received in December, in usual years, the Management Board consider this level of reserves to be excessive. Plans had been made to undertake significant works on the nature reserves to improve habitat and these works delayed from 2020 will hopefully go ahead in 2021 which will reduce the cash balances of the Trust.
Because a significant proportion of the income of the Trust arises through Government Rural Subsidies, the Management Board is developing a Medium-Term Strategy for the Trust which will include a Financial Plan. This plan will examine the effect of the Government's new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) on the Trust's income streams.
Richard Astle Chair of Trustees 4 May 2021
Brian Lawrence Honorary Treasurer 4 May 2021
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## **LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**
## **TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
||**Unrestricted Funds**|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Restricted Funds**|**Restricted Funds**|**Total**|**funds**|**Previous Year**|**Previous Year**|Note|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**RECEIPTS**
Subscriptions
Donations
Grants
Government Rural Subsidies
Income from Events
Reimbursed Expenses
Interest
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Governance Costs
Administrative and IT Costs
Training Costs
Donations to other charities
Publicity and Communications
Professional Advice
Archaeological Research
Management of Animal Flock
Purchase of Capital Assets
Purchase of Equipment
Maintenance of Assets
Insurances
Property Expenses
Goods for sale
Cost of Events for Members
Reimbursed work
Community Projects
Expenditure on Reserves
**Total Payments**
**Surplus /(Deficit)on Year**||||||||||
||£
5,014.71
145.00
10,000.00
11,160.90
0.00
0.00
81.52|£
**26,402.13**
**18,836.94**
**7,565.19**|£
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00|£
**0.00**
**1,642.66**
**(1,642.66)**|£
5,014.71
145.00
10,000.00
11,160.90
0.00
0.00
81.52|£
**26,402.13**
**20,479.60**
**5,922.53**|£
4,060.25
35,073.99
960.00
24,440.18
848.38
2,297.68
106.24|£
**67,786.72**
**28,335.02**
**39,451.70**|2
3
4
5
6
7
6
8
9|
||155.00
313.42
1,426.68
0.00
1,022.16
2,090.00
218.34
1,560.47
0.00
2,641.68
418.00
1,720.69
375.69
0.00
0.00
0.00
646.40
6,248.41||0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,500.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
142.66||155.00
313.42
1,426.68
0.00
1,022.16
2,090.00
218.34
1,560.47
1,500.00
2,641.68
418.00
1,720.69
375.69
0.00
0.00
0.00
646.40
6,391.07||227.74
0.00
798.41
50.00
2,004.30
0.00
84.97
1,680.76
1,882.74
3,562.23
203.56
1,835.00
350.13
850.00
3,845.72
2,056.68
1,621.93
7,280.85|||
||**18,836.94**||**1,642.66**||||**28,335.02**
**56,670.04**
**56,670.04**|||
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## **LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**
## **TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
||**Unrestricted Funds**|**Unrestricted Funds**|**Restricted Funds**|**Restricted Funds**|**Total**|**funds**|**Previous Year**|**Previous Year**|Note|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**CASH ACCOUNT**
**Cash funds brought /fwd. at 1 January**
**Surplus/(Deficit)for year**
**Cash funds carried /fwd. at 31 December**||**37,343.46**
**7,565.19**||**2,108.24**
**(1,642.66)**||**39,451.70**
**5,922.53**||**0.00**
**39,451.70**|10|
|||**44,908.65**||**465.58**||**45,374.23**||**39,451.70**||
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**TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **1 - Accounting Policies**
The Accounts of the Langdyke Countryside Trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation meet the requirements of the Charity Commission. Under section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 charities, that are not companies, are allowed to prepare receipts and payments accounts provided that the charity's gross income does not exceed £250,000. The trustees have therefore opted to take advantage of this provision and to prepare receipts and payments accounts.
As the accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis, all purchases of land and other assets are shown as part of the revenue account and charged in total in the year of purchase.
|**2 - Subscriptions**
**3 - Donations**
Donation from the previous unincorporated Langdyke Countryside Trust
General Donations
**4 - Grants Received**
Peterborough City Council
Tarmac Limited Grant for managing Etton Maxey Reserve
**5 - Government Rural Subsidies**
Basic Farm Payment for year
Higher Level Stewardship Payment - Torpel
Higher Level Stewardship Payment - Etton/Maxey
Higher Level Stewardship Payment - Swaddywell
Total Revenue for year
Subscriptions
Gift Aid Tax Refund|**31st Dec.**
**2020**
£4,586.00
£428.71
£5,014.71
**2020**
£0.00
£145.00
£145.00
**2020**
£10,000.00
£0.00
£10,000.00
**2020**
£10,223.90
£937.00
£0.00
£0.00
£11,160.90|**31st Dec.**
**2019**
£3,628.00
£432.25|
|---|---|---|
|||£4,060.25|
|||**2019**
£34,817.49
£256.50|
|||£35,073.99|
|||**2019**
£0.00
£960.00|
|||£960.00|
|||**2019**
£10,087.31
£1,778.97
£10,434.51
£2,139.39|
|||£24,440.18|
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**LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **6 -Reimbursed Expenses**
|**6 -Reimbursed Expenses**|||
|---|---|---|
|Production of Footpath Maps for NeneScape
less: Grant Income received|**2020**
0.00
0.00
0.00|**2019**
2,056.68
2,297.68|
|||(241.00)|
## **7 - Governance Costs**
Governance Costs include costs such as the Annual Report, AGM and Management Committee Meetings.
## **8. - Community Projects**
|**8. - Community Projects**
Barnack School Pond
Stamford Garden
Barnack Area
Castor/Ailsworth Area
- Bainton Heath
- Etton/Maxey Pit
- Etton High Meadow
- Vergettes Meadow
- Swaddywell
- Torpel Field
- General Expenses
Total
**8 - Expenditure on Reserves (inc. restricted**
**Funds)**|**2020**
£500.00
£146.40
£0.00
£0.00
£646.40
**2020**
£137.00
£2,280.14
£1,355.59
£498.00
£1,357.09
£162.40
£600.85
£6,391.07|**2019**
£0.00
£0.00
£505.74
£1,116.19|
|---|---|---|
|||£1,621.93|
|||**2019**
£22.00
£4,926.85
£710.45
£185.03
£353.22
£351.90
£731.40|
|||£7,280.85|
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## **LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**
## **TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
|**9 -**
**Restricted Fund Balances**
GPOG donation for Swaddywell
Specific Donations
Transfer from Friends of Barnack
NeneScape Footpath Leaflet
Book Reprint Fund
Total Restricted Funds
**10 - Cash Balances at period end**
Ordinary Account - Metro Bank
Ordinary Account - Barclays Bank
Deposit Account - Metro Bank
Deposit Account - Barclays Bank
Less Unpresented cheques
Cash in Hand (Petty Cash Imprest)|**Transfer in as**
**at 1 January**
**2020**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance as at**
**31 December**
**2020**
£239.12
£0.00
£142.66
£96.46
£1,500.00
£0.00
£1,500.00
£0.00
£156.62
£0.00
£0.00
£156.62
£241.00
£0.00
£0.00
£241.00
-£28.50
£0.00
£0.00
(£28.50)
£2,108.24
£0.00
£1,642.66
£465.58
**31 December**
**2020**
**31 December**
**2019**
£3,460.95
£427.32
£1,818.94
£1,328.94
£40,183.74
£37,602.25
43.22
£45,506.85
43.19
£39,401.70
£182.62
£0.00
£45,324.23
£39,401.70
£50.00
£50.00
£45,374.23
£39,451.70|**Transfer in as**
**at 1 January**
**2020**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance as at**
**31 December**
**2020**
£239.12
£0.00
£142.66
£96.46
£1,500.00
£0.00
£1,500.00
£0.00
£156.62
£0.00
£0.00
£156.62
£241.00
£0.00
£0.00
£241.00
-£28.50
£0.00
£0.00
(£28.50)
£2,108.24
£0.00
£1,642.66
£465.58
**31 December**
**2020**
**31 December**
**2019**
£3,460.95
£427.32
£1,818.94
£1,328.94
£40,183.74
£37,602.25
43.22
£45,506.85
43.19
£39,401.70
£182.62
£0.00
£45,324.23
£39,401.70
£50.00
£50.00
£45,374.23
£39,451.70|**Transfer in as**
**at 1 January**
**2020**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance as at**
**31 December**
**2020**
£239.12
£0.00
£142.66
£96.46
£1,500.00
£0.00
£1,500.00
£0.00
£156.62
£0.00
£0.00
£156.62
£241.00
£0.00
£0.00
£241.00
-£28.50
£0.00
£0.00
(£28.50)
£2,108.24
£0.00
£1,642.66
£465.58
**31 December**
**2020**
**31 December**
**2019**
£3,460.95
£427.32
£1,818.94
£1,328.94
£40,183.74
£37,602.25
43.22
£45,506.85
43.19
£39,401.70
£182.62
£0.00
£45,324.23
£39,401.70
£50.00
£50.00
£45,374.23
£39,451.70|
|---|---|---|---|
||**31 December**
**2020**
£3,460.95
£1,818.94
£40,183.74
43.22
£45,506.85
£182.62
£45,324.23
£50.00
£45,374.23|||
|||||
||||£39,401.70
£50.00|
||||£39,451.70|
The Langdyke Countryside Trust CIO began operating on 1 January 2019 hence there were no cash balance at that date.
The two Barclays Bank Accounts are the Bank Accounts for the previous non-incorporated Langdyke Trust and will be closed during 2021. Closure of this account was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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**LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **10 - Tangible Assets retained for the Trust's own use (at cost)**
As all asset purchases are charged to the revenue account at the time of purchase no depreciation is shown in this table
|Torpel Field
Torpel Cabin
Etton High Meadow
Swaddywell Pit
Swaddywell Cabin
Reserve infrastructure
Mobile equipment
Container
Power Tools|**Asset transfer**
**as at**
**1/1/2020**
**Purchases**
**Disposals**
**As at**
**31/12/2020**
£85,000
£0
£0
£85,000
£35,214
£0
£0
£35,214
£3,670
£0
£0
£3,670
£35,000
£0
£0
£35,000
£11,300
£0
£0
£11,300
£27,558
£1,500
£0
£29,058
£3,203
£0
£0
£3,203
£1,500
£0
£0
£1,500
£1,080
£0
£0
£1,080|
|---|---|
||£203,525
£1,500
£0
£205,025|
## **11 - Liabilities**
The Trustees of Langdyke Countryside Trust CIO are not aware of any significant or contingent liabilities as at the date of the approving these accounts.
Signed as approved by the trustees on 1 March 2021.
**Richard H. Astle**
Chair and Trustee 01 March 2021
**Brian Lawrence**
Trustee and Honorary Treasurer 01 March 2021
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# **LANGDYKE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST CIO**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR**
## **TO 31 DECEMBER 2020**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT**
**Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Langdyke Countryside Trus**
! report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2020, which are set out on pages 9 to 14.
## **Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiners.**
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required but that an independent examination is required.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts, and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiners report**
An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the trust and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep proper accounting records have not been met or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Independent Examiner: Desmond Quinn BA ACMA Dated 8 April 2021
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