## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1/04/2021 Period start date To 31/03/2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Gooderstone Fen Charity**
**Charity registration number: 1180745**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To promote the conservation,
purposes of the charity protection and improvement of
as set out in its the physical and natural
governing document environment 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
1.19
activities in relation to maintenance of the fen as an
those purposes for the environmental and ecological
public benefit, in asset, maintaining its SSSI status.
particular, the activities, Also to keep the peat bog
projects or services undisturbed therefore keeping its
identified in the carbon content in situ.
accounts. Using any excess fund for the
benefit of the community.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 Maintaining Gooderstone Fen for
whether the trustees the benefit of present and future
have had regard to the generations. Then using excess
guidance issued by the funds, when available to assist in
Charity Commission on local 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.
Summary of the main Some trustees are not computer
Para 1.20
achievements of the users and therefore Zoom or
charity, identifying the other computer setups were not
difference the charity’s practical.
work has made to the
circumstances of its However the fen was grazed at
beneficiaries and any the correct times in line with the
wider benefits to society SSSI and Natural England
as a whole. requirements. Regular
inspections were carried out to
monitor fencing and the general
condition of the fen. No major
problems were found.
The charity has been able to
make grants to provide a bus
shelter for the village school
children
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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**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 **The charity’s bank account at** financial position at the **31/03/2022 was £42,565.59** end of the period Statement explaining Para 1.22 **The money will be needed in** the policy for holding **future for fencing, repairs and** reserves stating why **major clearance work which is** they are held **required from time to time to clear scrub 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 elected by the Trustees from
details of any interested parties.
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** 26[th] May 2022
## Gooderstone Fen Charity Income & Expenditure 1st April 2021 to 31 st March 2022
|Income
Bank balance carried forward
37,495.01
UK Power Networks - Wayleave
49.39
Rural Payments Agency – May 2021
30.01
Rent for Grazing
Rural Payments Agency – December 2021
3,989.43
Rural Payments Agency – Jan 2022
4,683.50
TOTAL
£
Expenditure
£
Barry Hawkins – Preparation of SP5
168.00
Payment for groundworks – Chalk Lane
1,000.00
Public Liability Insurance Premium
345.75|£
300.00
46,547.34
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Grant for bus shelter/flowerboxes
2,468.00
TOTAL
£3,981.75
**Bank Balance at 31/3/2022**
**£42,565.59**