2023-03-31-accounts

project	Description			Deliverables	Funding	Funding
Identity		Completion			Status
Dodham	Implementation ofthe physical	60%		Installation of	F196,300
Brook Restoration	changes required for rehabilitation ofthe concrete	All logistical actions		Rehabilitation features, i.e.	secured from Green
001 Phase 3	flood channel containing a	completed	and	macrophyte and	Recovery
	section ofthe Dodham Brook	some practical		habitat bays, baffles	Challenge	Fund
	beyond the Yeovil Country	works.		and fish easements,	(E77,440 paid		in
	Park (YCP) towards Newton	Remaining		aquatic plant	year). 10%
	Road. Works include a fish	actions are	all	establishment,	(E19,360)
	pass on the YCP weir,	focused on		interpretation and	balance to	be
	enhancement ofthe culverted	practical		project related public	paid after
	channel at Tanyard Way and	installation	of	engagement.	30/6/23.
	a small fish easement at the	features to	be
	Newton Road weir.	completed	by
		30/06/23
004	Restoration and long-term	0%		Following discussion	Awaiting
	maintenance of Brympton			within the YRCT, it is	landowners
	Pond.			considered that the	agreement.
	Planned activity:			site may be suitable	Project on	hold
	Development ofa natural			for Biodiversity Net
	pond which will be semi			Gain Offsetting with
	incorporated into a proposed			no public access,
	business park development.			Project currently on
	Future use and maintenance			hold while BNG
	to be planned.			develops and
				discussions can be
				had with landowner
				and developer.

(005,007 and 009) Projects combined to become the Brympton	(005,007 and 009) Projects combined to become the Brympton	(formerly P005) Alvington Lane Pond and Foxglove Way Basin Provision ofa pond with enhanced wildlife habitats in area at the end ofthe hamlet	(formerly P005) Alvington Lane Pond and Foxglove Way Basin Provision ofa pond with enhanced wildlife habitats in area at the end ofthe hamlet	100%	ctivities at this location were restricted o monitoring, evaluation and management of vegetation and	ctivities at this location were restricted o monitoring, evaluation and management of vegetation and	ctivities at this location were restricted o monitoring, evaluation and management of vegetation and	Funding secured from the Somerset County Council Climate Change Fund amounts
Project in		Enhancement ofan adjacent			eatures.			to increased by
February		balancing pond.						E548to
2021.								E23,548.
								The Somerset
								CCF is held by
								Brympton
								Parish Council
								and invoices
								are submitted to
		(formerly P007) Redesigned		75%				make
		interventions in the brook
		backwaters and riparian
		margin and

	the rehabilitation oftwo	ponds	ponds	ponds		Works to install	drawdown
	at Oak Tree Park. This					dipping platform,	payments	after
	includes creating two new					interpretation boards,	delivery on a		bi-
	complex habitat banks, wildflower areas and					relocate fencing to establish wildflower	monthly basis. f5230.00 was
	establishing aquaticplants			in		grassland areas, and	drawn down		in
	both ponds. Interventions			are		undertake aquatic	the return
	on-going.					plant establishment	period leaving
						continued during the	a balance	of
						return period but was	E7070 for the
						significantly delayed	2023/24	return
						by local authority	period.
						inability to deliver
						their parts ofthe
						project. Main
						interventions will now
						take place in the
						2023/24 return
						period.
	(formery P009)Agusta Park residential development. Improvements and enhancement ofexisting pond and SuDS. This element has been abandoned as the				0%	YRCT activities limited to management, outreach and completion of small habitat bank at one
	developer has chosen not			to		site.
	engage.
006	Brimsmore housing				0%	No activity	No budget in
	development.					undertaken in the	place at this
	Improvements and overall					reporting period.	time
	enhancement ofthe SuDS					Awaiting the SSDC	Project on hold
	which will include:					adoption ofthe site	until site	is
	stabilisation ofwater level						adopted	by the
	and improvements in its						SSDC.This
	quality.						may be
	Cleaning the outlet culvert			and			complicated		by
	stream which are severely						the move	to a
	silted up.						unitary
							Somerset	LA.

008	Yeovil Country Park (Ninesprings) Lake, Pond and Water Vole habitat Enhancement	55o/o	Funding was secured or the phosphate management element via the Somerset	A grant has been provided by the Somerset
	The project aims to: Create new aquatic habitats in the lake and pond The project will provide valuable new and enhanced		Catchment Partnership. CSI water vole survey was completed in the period and the results helped to inform	Catchment Partnership for phosphate related actions for E5000.A
	aquatic habitats near the centre ofYeovil which already accommodate endangered species. The proposed enhancements will also augment the works planned for the restoration of Dodham Brook which runs through the country park to the north of the lake and pond. An optimised, resilient network of habitats will thereby be created to support enhanced biodiversity. The project area was expanded during the return period to include the entire Dodham Brook		he project development and identify areas in the catchment where water vole are present and can be supported with interventions. eDNA esting was carried out at one location as a pilot study. An initial sampling survey was carried out at 24 sites o map phosphate hotspots and identify locations for mitigation orks. Surveys ofthe lake and pond in Yeovil	further bid to the Swire Charitable Trust is in preparation. Further funding will be sought from private grant providers.
	Catchment and also		Country Park were
	incorporate a phosphate management element. The mitigation ofphosphate pollution can be achieved via essentially the same interventions which would		carried out in the Summer of2020 but he Covid-19 pandemic restrictions forced a delay in progressing to detailed design and
	benefit water vole habitats.		implementation stages.

011	The	Yeovil Wellbeing,	Yeovil Wellbeing,	Wildlife	Ongoing.	YRCT has further	Funding
	and	Water Community				developed the	secured from
	Project continued		to be			activities being	The National
	developed.					devlivered alongside	Lottery in
						Wessex Water at	February 2023
						their Sutton Bingham	for F10,000,
						site. These include	The Russell
						guided walks and	Trust (E5,000),
						surveys. We continue	and the
						to work with A2A	Discovery
						(Able to Achieve) and	Fund (B9,000).
						have initiated	Further bids to
						discussions with	support this
						another vulnerable	work will be
						adults charity	submitted to
						(Cambian) to deliver	private grant
						activities to service	providers and
						users. Deliverables	the National
						include nature walks,	Lottery in
						volunteering activities	2023/24.
						(surveys, land
						management, litter
						picking, etc,),
						engagement with
						schools, Brownies
						and other community
						groups.

012	Upper River	Upper River	Yeo Catchment	Yeo Catchment	Yeo Catchment	Yeo Catchment	Yeo Catchment	Sgo/o	The scale ofthe	A E20,000	A E20,000
	Strategy	with		Natural		Flood			project requires it to	budget was
	Management			(NFM) element.					be delivered in	secured	via	the
	The NFM project element						is		phases. The phases	EAfor the
	being funded		through			the			are synchronized	2022/23
	Environment		Agency.			Overall,			with the tax year as	financial	year.
	the project aims to prepare						a		this is the basis of	E2000.00was
	detailed	catchment			restoration				EAfunding.	received	from
	plan for	implementing				at the			Extensive	the Somerset
	landscapescale			to address					stakeholder	Catchment
	identified	environmental							engagement is	Partnership		to
	issues. The		NFM element				is		ongoing within he	deliver
	designed	to	carry out			co-			River Wriggle and	practical	NFM
	ordinated	works within				parts of			Cam/Caundle Brook	interventions
	the catchment			as a	pilot				sub-catchments. A	at up to two
	scheme	embedded			within		the		goup of landowners	sites.
	project.								have formed the	Funding	has
									Wriggle River	been secured
									Improvement Group	from the	EA	for
									(WRIG) and two	the 2023/24
									sites have	year and
									accommodated NFM	additional
									interventions to	sources	are
									mitigate potential	being sought		for
									flooding and create	2023/24	and
									enhanced habitat	subsequent
									diversity. Further	years.
									practical works are
									planned for further
									phases and
									stakeholder
									engagement will be
									expanded to new
									stakeholders and
									other sub-
									catchments. Slow
									but steady progress
									is being made in
									developing the Yeo
									Catchment Strategy
									with desktop analysis
									extended to the
									lower part ofthe
									catchment. Funding
									limitations are the
									main reason for the
									slow progress in this
									element. It is hoped
									that the strategy will
									be delivered over
									2023/24 culminating
									in a final Catchment
									Strategy for
									implementing in
									phases over a
									number ofyears.

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							Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Restricted	Restricted	Restricted	Endowment	Endowment
							funds			funds		funds
			Details				to nearest 5		to	nearest	5	to nearest	5
B2Other monetary assets			Balance ol Community	SCC Fund	Climate Emergency 77,058 (grant 222,400+						7,058
			5542 = 522,042)
			Details				Fund to which asset helen 4		Cost (optional)			Current value optional
B3Investment	assets
			Details				Fund to which asset helen s		Cost (optional)			Current value o tional
B4Assets retained for		the	General &	specislised		hsndtools	Unrestricted				750		500
charity's own	use		Protective	clothing			Unrestricted				250		200
							Fund to	which	Amount due			When due
			Details				liabilit	relates	o tional			o tional
B5Liabilities			Accountancy lees				Unrestricted				516
Signed by one or two trustees behalf of ag the trustees		on		Signature				Print Name				Date of a roval
				L	Thomson			Lorne Thomson				27/11/2023
					Y Khan			Yasmin Khan				27/11/2023