## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 10 September 2022 To 09 September 2023**
**Charity name: Trees For Derby**
**Charity registration number: 1185054**
## **Objectives and Activities**
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of Para 1.17 the charity as set out in its governing document
**To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment for the public benefit, by planting trees in the city of Derby and surrounding area, to mitigate the effects of climate change. To advance education of the public in the above.**
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and 1.19 activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.
**Our main activities have been to encourage volunteers of all ages to participate in planting and nurturing trees and protecting the local environment. We have been active in developing a tree planting strategy in partnership with Derby City Council, University of Derby, local schools and businesses.**
Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
**The above have been carried out in compliance with Trees for Derby's duty to have due regard for the Commission's public benefit guidance.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment
Contribution made by volunteers
Para 1.38
**The charity aims to include volunteers in various ways including as members of the committee, as participants at planting and maintenance events and as representatives of the charity at community events.**
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
**The charity has extended its volunteer base to over 300 people of all ages, many of whom have created new plantations with us.**
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, Para 1.20 identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.
**The charity has planted over 6500 trees over the twelve-month period, concentrated during the planting season of the British winter months.**
**Some sites have fared relatively well and feedback from residents has been mainly good, with some volunteering to take a maintenance role such as watering.**
**Some sites planted in previous years have continued to suffer due to warm hot summers and some replanting has and will continue to be required.**
**The charity has supported the planting of community orchards around the city with ~40 apple and other fruit trees of “standard” size being planted.**
**The charity has also been instrumental in co-ordinating and distributing ~100 free trees to residents as part of the Our City Our River scheme and this will continue in the next year.**
**Future planting for the next season has been planned for >4000 trees over a dozen sites. Sites for planting are mainly council owned although the charity remains interested in planting on private land should the opportunities arise.**
**Relationships have been maintained with external bodies including Derby City Council, Derby Green spaces, Friends of Derby Parks, and faith groups inc Derby Cathedral**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set
|Performance of fundraising||
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|activities against objectives||
|set|Para 1.41|
|Investment performance||
|against objectives|Para 1.41|
Other
## **Financial Review**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 **See attached end of year accounts.** financial position at the end **These show that at 24 August 2023 the** of the period **account has a balance of £6115.49**
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 **None** policy for holding reserves stating why they are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 **None**
> Para 1.22 **None**
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 **None** deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 **None** uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**Additional information (optional)**
**Fundraising for events, site maintenance,**
**tools and trees has been administered as a request for donations from charity members, the public, local businesses.**
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47
**Trees were sourced from Woodlands Trust free of charge following application for schools and community free packs.**
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy Para 1.46 adopted
**Weather affecting yield of planting. Availability and suitability of land for planting. Availability of funds in the form of donations or grants for activities.** A description of the principal Para 1.46 **Restrictions on volunteers for planting** risks facing the charity **events.**
Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document Para 1.25
**Constitution adopted 29 July 2019**
(trust deed, royal charter)
How is the charity constituted?
Para 1.25
**CIO**
(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)
Trustee selection methods Para 1.25 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
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **None**
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51
**Trees for Derby covers all seventeen wards in the Deby City area. Trees for Spondon has become the first** The charity’s organisational **ward to affiliate with Trees For Derby.** structure and any wider network with which the Para 1.51 charity works
Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51
## **Future Plans**
Other **The coming year will see the continuation of city-wide expansion of tree planting by volunteer helpers, with special encouragement to young people to improve the environment and become involved in activities geared to addressing climate change.**
**We will continue to expand the community orchards and again be involved in the Our City Our River scheme.**
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Trees For Derby
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1185054
Charity’s principal address
19 Thornhill Road
Derby DE22 3LX
## **Names of the charity trustee s who manag e the charity**
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
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||Kathryn Ball|Secretary|||
||Alyson Lee|Treasurer|Prior to September
2022 until January
2023||
||Reg Hand|Chair|||
||Kester Savage|Treasurer|Since January 2023||
||Richard Simkins||||
||Helen Hitchcock||||
||Shirley Robinson||||
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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 **Trustee name**
**Dates acted if not for whole year**
**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
**Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Address**
**Name**
**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**
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Signature(s)
Full name(s) Richard Simkins
Position (eg Secretary, Trustee
Chair, etc)
Date
19/09/23
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**Trees for Derby Accounts for Year Ending 31st July 2023**
|**Income**||**2022 - 2023**|**2021 - 2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Donations/Grants||£947.62|£591.44|
|Paypal Giving|||£223.85|
|Trees for Spondon
donations||£479.80|£709.24|
|Trees for Spondon
(Co-op final)||£1,991.65||
|**Total Income**||**£3,419.07**|**£1,524.53**|
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|**Expenditure**||||
|Safety Wear|||£86.97|
|Tree planting grants|||£484.77|
|Trees for Spondon
Expenditure||£765.38|£550.10|
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|**Total Expenditure**||**£765.38**|**£1,121.84**|
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|**Excess of income**
**over expenditure**||**£2653.69**|**£402.69**|
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|**Cash**
**Reconcilliation**|Opening Balance|£3,461.80|£3,059.11|
||Plus Surplus|£2,653.69|£402.69|
|**Closing Balance**||**£6,115.49**|**£3,461.80**|
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|**Represented by**|**Coop Current**
**Account**|**£6,115.49**|£3.237.95|
||**PayPal Giving**
**Account**||£223.855|
|**Total**||**£6,115.49**|**£3,461.80**|