## **The Detectorists Foundation** 

**Charity Registration Number: 1182023** 

**Annual Report and Accounts** 

**31 August 2024** 



## **THE DETECTORISTS FOUNDATION** 

## **Annual Report and Accounts 2024 Contents** 

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|**Legal & Administrative Information**|**2**|
|**Annual Report of the Trustees**|**3**|



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## **THE DETECTORISTS FOUNDATION** 

## **Legal & Administrative Information For the year ended 31 August 2024** 

|**Charity Name**|The Detectorists Foundation.|
|---|---|
|**Principal Address**|61A Bridge Street, Kington, Herefordshire HR5 3DJ|
|**Charity Registration**|1182023. The charity was registered with the Charity Commission on 13|
||February 2019|
|**The Governing Document**|Constitution adopted 13 February 2019.|
|**Object**|The objects of the CIO are: for the public benefit in conserving and preserving|
||our national archaeological heritage including:|
||1.To advance the education of the public in the subject of metal detecting to|
||archaeological principles.|
||2.To assist in such ways as the charity trustees think fit in supporting the|
||recording and preservation of discovered portable antiquities.|
||3.To identify and conserve new discoveries of an archaeological nature.|
|**Trustees**|The Trustees who served during the year or who were serving at the date of this|
||report were:|
||Keith Westcott|
||Leanne Westcott|
||Nathan Portlock-Allan|
||JasonFranklin|



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## **THE DETECTORISTS FOUNDATION** 

## **Trustees Report For the year ended 31 August 2024** 

The Trustees submit their annual report and accounts of The Detectorists Foundation (“the charity”) for the 13 months ended 31 August 2023. The legal and administrative information set out earlier in this document forms part of this report. 

## **1. Activities** 

There were no activities during the year. 

## **2. Financial Review** 

There was no financial activity during the year, there were no financial balances at the start or at the end of the period. 

## **3. Responsibilities of Trustees for the Accounts** 

Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each accounting year which record the receipts and payments of the charity for the year. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. The Trustees also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities. 

## **4. Approval** 

The report of the Trustees was approved by the Trustees on 9 June 2025 and signed on its behalf by: 

## **Keith Westcott Trustee** 

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