# **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
# **Period start date From 01/04/2020 Period end date To 31/03/2021**
## **Charity name: Gooderstone Fen Charity**
## **Charity registration number: 1180745**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 To promote the conservation,
of the charity as set out protection and improvement of the
in its governing physical and natural environment
document of the fen in perpetuity, as a
unique habitat for flora and fauna.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and To continue the protection and
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activities in relation to maintenance of the fen as an
those purposes for the environmental and ecological
public benefit, in asset.
particular, the activities,
projects or services Also to keep the peat bog
identified in the undisturbed therefore keeping its
accounts. carbon content in situ.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 Maintaining the area for the
whether the trustees benefit of present and future
have had regard to the generations. Using excess funds,
guidance issued by the when available to assist local
Charity Commission on beneficial projects.
public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The Covid restrictions have made
it a difficult year, especially where
meetings were concerned. Some
Summary of the main trustees were not computer users
Para 1.20
achievements of the and therefore Zoom meetings
charity, identifying the were not practical.
difference the charity’s
work has made to the However, the fen was grazed at
circumstances of its the correct times in line with
beneficiaries and any Natural England’s requirements
wider benefits to society and regular inspections carried
as a whole. out to monitor the fencing and the
general condition of the fen. No
major problems were found.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity’s bank account at
financial position at the 31/03/21 was £37,495.01
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 Money will be need in future for
policy for holding fence repairs, and major clearance
reserves stating why they work which is needed from time to
are held time to maintain the correct
habitats.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 As above
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 Changes to the land management
uncertainties about the payment schemes following our
charity continuing as a exit from the European Union.
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO Foundation
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Four Trustees. Replacements
methods including details elected from interested parties.
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Gooderstone Fen Charity
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1180745
number
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Charity’s principal 6 Elm Place
address Gooderstone
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
PE33 9BX
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Lucy Closs
2 Ann Melhuish
3 Gillian Walker
4 Noel Cater
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole
year
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **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)** Gillian Walker
**Full name(s)** Gillian Walker
**Position (eg** Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 9[th] December 2021
## Gooderstone Fen Charity Income & Expenditure 1st April 2020 to 31 st March 2021
|Income
Bank balance carried forward
£28,792.72
UK Power Networks - Wayleave
49.05
Rural Payments Agency – July 2020
14.60
Rent for Grazing
Rural Payments Agency – December 2020
3,899.14
Rural Payments Agency – March 2021
4,683.50
TOTAL
£
Expenditure
£
Barry Hawkins – Preparation of SP5
144.00
TOTAL
144.00|£
200.00
37,639.01
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# **Bank Balance at 31/3/2021 £37,495.01**