
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01 JAN 2022 Period start date   TO 31 DEC 2022   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP** 

## **Charity registration number: 1181430** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the preservation of badgers in<br>their natural habitat, to protect them from<br>persecution.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Training & presentations on badger ecology<br>and recognising persecution.<br>Advising when badgers come into conflict<br>with developments.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|All policies and projects undertaken by are<br>done so with the objectives of the charity in<br>mind i.e. to help preserve the natural world<br>(as per our governing document).<br>All trustees take into account both the<br>charity’s aims and any risk assessments to<br>volunteers and wider public for all our work.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|NUMEROUS RESCUES OF INJURED<br>BADGERS<br>SEVERAL TRAINING DAYS FOR<br>BADGER ECOLOGY AND PERSECUTION<br>IDENTIFICATION<br>BADGER SETT REPAIR AND<br>FORTIFICATION AFTER PREVIOUS<br>CRIMINAL DAMAGE.<br>REPAIR OF BADGER VIEWING HIDE<br>AND SOLAR LIGHTS INSTALLATION.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Income £5,517<br>Expenditure £13,295|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to ensure charity is able<br>to continue to operate for the next year.<br>Reserves are also held to be able to take<br>on larger, more expensive projects.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£18,688|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CONSTITUTION|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by vote at annual<br>AGM.<br>Notifications are sent by email/post to all<br>members in advance for proposals or<br>concerns.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1181430|
|Charity’s principal address|461 NEWCHURCH ROAD, ROSSENDALE, LANCASHIRE,<br>BB4 7TG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||DAVID BEATIIE|CHAIR|WHOLE YEAR||
||ANDREW<br>HARDMAN|VICE CHAIR|WHOLE YEAR||
||DOMINIC<br>COBURN|TREASURER|WHOLE YEAR||
||IAN SCOTT|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||CHRIS MATHER|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||RYAN PENTALL|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||LINDSEY<br>MCDONALD|SECRETARY|WHOLE YEAR||
||PAUL SHOREMAN|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||CLIVE<br>MANSFIELD|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
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– 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**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser N/A** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

N/A 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**N/A** 

## **Other optional information** 



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|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP**|**1181430**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|Period start date<br>1/1/2022<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**<br>Period end date<br>12/31/2022|||




## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**<br>MEMBERSHIP FEES<br>**2,160**<br>FUNDRAISING<br>**832**<br>SHOP SALES<br>**2,299**<br>ADMINISTRATION<br>**226**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,517**<br>**N/A**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**_Total receipts_                   5,517**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>ADMINISTRATION<br>**2,607**<br>SHOP PURCHASES<br>**1,621**<br>BADGER HIDE COSTS<br>**5,463**<br>SETT PROTECTION<br>**1,466**<br>MEMBERSHIP<br>**1,213**<br>EDUCATION<br>**69**<br>REHAB FACILITY<br>**567**<br>FUNDRAISING<br>**290**<br>**_Sub total_                     13,296**<br>**N/A**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total payments_                 13,296**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ -                 7,779**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**26,466**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                 18,687**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**2,160**<br>**832**<br>**2,299**<br>**226**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,517**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,517**<br>**2,607**<br>**1,621**<br>**5,463**<br>**1,466**<br>**1,213**<br>**69**<br>**567**<br>**290**<br>**13,296**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**13,296**<br>**-                 7,779**<br>**-**<br>**26,466**<br>**18,687**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|||**-**|**2,160**|**2,361**|
|||**-**|**832**|**806**|
|||**-**|**2,299**|**844**|
|||**-**|**226**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**-**|**5,517**|**4,011**|
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|||**-**|**5,517**|**4,011**|
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|||**-**|**2,607**|**1,545**|
|||**-**|**1,621**|**295**|
|||**-**|**5,463**|**22**|
|||**-**|**1,466**|**1,504**|
|||**-**|**1,213**|**200**|
|||**-**|**69**|**10**|
|||**-**|**567**|**921**|
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|||**-**|**13,296**|**4,497**|
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|||**-**|**13,296**|**4,497**|
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||**-**|**-**|**-                 7,779**|**-                   486**|
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||**-**|**-**|**26,466**|**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**18,687**|**-                   486**|





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>CURRENT ACCOUNT<br>SAVINGS ACCOUNT<br>PAYPAL & STRIPE BALANCES<br>**Details**<br>N/A<br>**Details**<br>N/A<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>N/A<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>GENERAL EQUIPMENT (CAMERAS,<br>RESCUE & TRAINING EQUIPMENT)|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**18,120**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**567**<br>**-**<br>**18,687**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>DOMINIC COBURN<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||||**3,000**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||DOMINIC COBURN|10/15/2022|
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