2023-04-05-accounts - Perranporth Marine Conservation Group

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

Day Month Year Day Month Year 1[st ] November 2022 To 31 October 2023

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Perranporth Marine Conservation Group

Charity name Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1184524 Charity's principal address The Old Pottery Penwartha Road, Bolingey, Perranporth, Cornwall Postcode TR6 0DH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Angela Maynard	Chair
	Sue Dutson	Secretary
	LinsayMilne	Treasurer
	Jane Blanks
	PipCook
	Marie Newby

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (C.I.O.) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Elected by trustees. Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(a) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the Perranporth marine and coastal physical and natural environment.

(b) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the Perranporth marine and coastal physical and natural environment.

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In planning our events and activities for Nov 2022- Nove 2023, we kept in mind the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. A verbal reminder of this guidance will be given to all trustees at the AGM meeting in November of this year. Events are shown from 1 November 2022 – 1 November 2023 to include all up to the current AGM.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Winter
1)	29thNovember – Big beach clean collaboration with Dynamic Dunescapes (Cornwall
	Wildlife Trust), well-known Cornish clothing brand Seasalt and our group. We had
	nearly 50 volunteers and collected 9 bin bags of rubbish – much of which was sent for
	recycling to Odyssey Innovation.
2)	4thDecember - Our monthly Seawatch Sunday (Citizen Science project for Cornwall
	Wildlife Trust) was a success			– we recorded 3 harbour porpoises and 2 seals and have
	built up a core of 4 regular volunteers to help.
3)	28thJanuary – We joined local groups Perranporth Surf Life Saving Group and
	Perranporth Blue Tits swimming group for a rally to protest about water companies
	dumping sewage into our rivers, water courses and seas.
4)	14thFebruary – Beach clean to support Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Love Your Beach week.
	28kg of litter removed from the beach, much recycled.
23rdFebruary Survey training on the rocky shore with the St. Agnes Marine Conservation
group led by marine engagement officer Matt Slater (Cornwall Wildlife Trust).
Spring
5)	12thMarch Beach Clean with			a litter scavenger hunt for the children.
6)	2ndApril Seawatch Sunday.
7)	3rdApril –		our recycling crate	for marine plastics (rope and hard plastic)		made by Rob
	and Pip Cook was installed on the promenade.
8)	5thApril – some of us attended a wild flower identification workshop run by Dynamic Dunescapes so eventually we can survey the dunes for wildflowers.
9)	16thApril – Beach Clean
10)	22ndApril - the group were represented by several trustees at the Spring into Action
11) 12) 13) Summer	event organized by P.A.C.E. (Perranzabuloe Action for Climate Emergency) with an information board about the group’s local conservation work. 7thMay – Seaquest Sunday – Large Barrel jelly fish recorded. 8thMay – Supported the Gardens Charities Fun Day at the Memorial Hall. 21stMay – helped out at Million Miles Beach Clean organised by Surfers Against Sewage
14)	4thJune –		Seawatch – seal recorded.
15)	24thJune – Manned a stall up at World Sand Dunes Day at Perran Sands hosted by
	Dynamic Dunescapes.
16)	2ndJuly – Seawatch.
17)	16thJuly –		Beach clean.
18)	17thJuly -Gus Horsely of Cornwall Wildlife				Trust’s Geo-Conservation Group who
	will once		again be leading one of his popular FREE guided circular walks around
	the former mining areas at			Droskyn and Cligga.
19)	4thAugust – Rockpool ramble with author and expert, Heather Buttivant and
	beach clean for National Marine Week.
20)	5thAugust – Seawatch Sunday.
21)	19thAugust – Beach clean on Inner Green, Perranporth alongside the Rotary St.
	Agnes and St. Piran Summer Charity Fete.
22)	1stSeptember – Rockpool Ramble led by Katie Bellman and Matt Slater of
	Cornwall		Wildlife Trust with help from Josh Symes and our former			Beach Ranger,
	Madi.
23)	3rdSeptember – Sunday Seawatch.
24)	19thSeptember – Beach clean collaboration with Dynamic Dunescapes and 1st
	Goonhavern Scouts group.
Autumn
25)	4thOctober – Training for Shoresearch Surveying with Cornwall Wildlife Trust at
	Trevaunance Cove with the St. Agnes Marine Conservation Group.
THANK YOU TO		ALL	OUR TRUSTEES - WITHOUT THEIR		HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, THESE
EVENTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Numbers of volunteers / people engaged …298 up by 120 from last report.

Collaborations … Cornwall Wildlife Trust (Dynamic Dunescapes, Your Shore Network), Seasalt, 1[st] Goonhavern Scouts.

Local events supported … P.A.C.E. (Perranzabuloe Action Climate Emergency) Spring into Action, Surfers Against Sewage Million Miles Beach Clean, Perranporth Garden’s Charities Fun Day.

Local organisations connected /contacted ...The Rotary Club of St Agnes and St. Piran, Perranporth Surf Life Saving Club, P.A.C.E. (Perranzabuloe Action Climate Emergency), Perranporth Library.

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Grants achieved: we gratefully received a good grant of £200 from a local charity – Perranporth Gardens Charities to support our beach cleaning efforts. We also raised money from quiz nights at the local Bolingey Inn and are very glad of continued support from the new owners.

The group has contributed to conserving the local environment with regular beach and dune cleans, and this year we linked up with Dynamic Dunescapes to clean the beach, and local Scouts group. We also have continued to use illustrated sheets to use during our Litter Scavenger Hunt which aims to encourage children to litter pick at our beach cleans. We have had interest in local groups and companies who want to join us in our beach clean, for example, Rotary St Agnes and St.Piran.

We have also assisted with surveying work on the dunes with Dynamic Dunescapes (Cornwall Wildlife Trust), and attended plant identification workshops.

We have undertaken training on Shoresearch Surveys run by Cornwall Wildlife Trust and aim to hold our own surveys on Perranporth beach in the future, furthering knowledge of species diversification and giving valuable insights into species changes in the light of climate change.

In terms of making the public aware of the natural environment of Perranporth, this year we held a very successful rockpool ramble during National Marine Week which was attended by over 25 young people and their parents, both local and holiday makers. We also had an extremely well attended rockpool ramble led by experts from Cornwall Wildlife Trust and engaged with more than 50 people, the feedback on this was that the participants loved these events and demand is high for more of them.

This year, we continued our monthly Seaquest sea watch surveys for marine ‘mega fauna’ which take place from Cligga Head on the first Sunday

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Section D Achievements and performance

of every month, in conjunction with other marine groups. We were pleased to be joined by local wildlife enthusiasts.

We have posted extensively on our Facebook page to highlight our work, environmental issues and information about marine life. We have also posted relevant information from other groups and organisations, in particular that of Cornwall Wildlife’s Your Shore projects and Dynamic Dunescapes project, and other charities such as British Divers Marine Life Rescue work and the Seal Research Group. We have also highlighted strandings such as a thresher shark and leather back turtle. We have shared relevant job information.

Much of the above can be seen on our Facebook Page - See https://www.facebook.com/Perranporth-Marine-Conservation-Group173493549967154

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Beach Cleans with collaboration from other groups Summary of the main Rockpool sessions achievements of the charity Continued support of Beach Rangers. during the year Seaquest Sundays on regular basis to record larger marine animals. Helping Dynamic Dunescapes with Surveys and training workshops attended. Continued training with Cornwall Wildlife Trust Shoresearch Surveys. Our Facebook page has now reached 1000 followers.

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March 2012

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Maynard Full name(s) Angela Elizabeth Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 12 November 2023

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March 2012

	Perranporth Marine Conservation Group Charity Name	Perranporth Marine Conservation Group Charity Name	Perranporth Marine Conservation Group Charity Name	1184524 No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	06/04/2022 Period start date	To	05/04/2023 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - 175 - 450 25 - - 650 - - - 650 41 112 20 - 134 - - - - 307 - - - 307 343 - 1,264	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations frompublic	-	-	-		10
Bolingey quiz night funds	175	-	-	175	205
Grants cornwall wildlife trust	-	-	-	-
Perranporth Gardens Charities Grant, June 2022 and March 2023	450	-	-	450	-
Donations Linsay	25	-	-	25	-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	650	-	-	650	215

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					215

Bank charges HSBC	41				23
Sundries - litterpickers,prizes.	112				211
Heather Buttivant rockpool event lead	20
Beach Rangersphotog. Course	-				200
Insurance March 2023	134				112
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**Sub total **	307				546

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					546

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	1,264	-		1,264	921

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/02/2024

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

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Details Details HSBC UK Current Account (closed) Co op (new account) Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - 1,264 - 1,264 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature

Print Name ANGELA ELIZABETH MAYNARD	Date of approval
ANGELA ELIZABETH MAYNARD	26/02/2024

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/02/2024