## Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01 JAN 2024 Period start date TO 31 DEC 2024 Period end date
## Charity name: LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP
## Charity registration number: 1181430
## Objectives and Activities
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote the preservation of badgers in
their natural habitat, to protect them from
persecution.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Training & presentations on badger ecology
and recognising persecution.
Advising when badgers come into conflict
with developments.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All policies and projects undertaken by are
done so with the objectives of the charity in
mind i.e. to help preserve the natural world
(as per our governing document).
All trustees take into account both the
charity’s aims and any risk assessments to
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
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|NUMEROUS RESCUES OF INJURED
BADGERS
SEVERAL TRAINING DAYS FOR
BADGER ECOLOGY AND PERSECUTION
IDENTIFICATION
BADGER SETT REPAIR AND
FORTIFICATION AFTER PREVIOUS
CRIMINAL DAMAGE.|
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## Financial Review
|Financial Review|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Income £4,505 Expenditure £6,862|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to ensure charity is able
to continue to operate for the next year.
Reserves are also held to be able to take
on larger, more expensive projects.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£20,011|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## Structure, Governance and Management
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CONSTITUTION|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by vote at annual
AGM.
Notifications are sent by email/post to all
members in advance for proposals or
concerns.|
## Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## Reference and Administrative details
|Charity name|LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1181430|
|Charity’s principal address|461 NEWCHURCH ROAD, ROSSENDALE, LANCASHIRE,
BB4 7TG|
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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20|Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole
year|Name of person (or body) entitled to
appoint trustee (ifany)|
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||ANDREW
HARDMAN|CHAIR|WHOLE YEAR||
||DOMINIC
COBURN|TREASURER|WHOLE YEAR||
||IAN SCOTT|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||CHRIS MATHER|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||JANE STEVENS|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||LINDSEY
MCDONALD|SECRETARY|WHOLE YEAR||
||PAUL SHOREMAN|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||SCOTT BULLEN|TRUSTEE|WHOLE YEAR||
||DAVID BEATIE|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
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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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LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP
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LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP
1|Charity Name
LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP
1|Charity Name
LANCASHIRE BADGER GROUP
1|CC16a|
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||For the period
from|Period start date
1/1/2024|To|Period end date
12/31/2024||
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|Section A Receipts and payments||||||
|to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
MEMBERSHIP FEES
2,019
FUNDRAISING
1,359
SHOP SALES
623
ADMINISTRATION
284
BADGER HIDE FEES
220
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4,505
N/A
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-
Sub total-
Total receipts 4,505
A3 Payments
ADMINISTRATION
3,410
SHOP PURCHASES
411
BADGER HIDE COSTS
816
SETT PROTECTION
789
MEMBERSHIP
227
EDUCATION
-
REHAB FACILITY
362
FUNDRAISING
847
Sub total 6,862
N/A
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-
Sub total -
Total payments 6,862
Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,357
A5 Transfers between funds
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
20,011
Cash funds this year end 17,654
Unrestricted
funds
Sub total(Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)||Restricted funds
to the nearest £
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Endowment
funds|Total funds
to the nearest £
2,019
1,359
623
284
220
-
4,505
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-
4,505
3,410
411
816
789
227
-
362
847
6,862
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6,862
- 2,357
-
20,011
17,654|Last year
to the nearest £|
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-|2,019|2,208|
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## Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
|Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Details
CURRENT ACCOUNT
SAVINGS ACCOUNT
PAYPAL & STRIPE BALANCES
Details
N/A
Details
N/A
Details
Details
N/A
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
GENERAL EQUIPMENT (CAMERAS,
RESCUE & TRAINING EQUIPMENT)|Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
19,521
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-
-
490
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20,011
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Agreement Error
OK
Restricted funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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Print Name
DOMINIC COBURN
Unrestricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which asset
belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)|to nearest £
Endowment
funds|
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||||Date of
approval|
|||DOMINIC COBURN|8/5/2025|
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