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

**From 2[nd] April 2021                  Period start date   To Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust** 

## **Charity registration number: 1185064** 

## **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 preserve, restore and maintain**<br>**Trafford Mill, a Grade II Listed building of**<br>**historical importance for the benefit of**<br>**the public.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Trafford Mill is closed to the public**<br>**following the pandemic for the most part**<br>**of the year.**|
|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 Trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit.**|



## **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|**Trafford Mill is closed to the public**<br>**following the pandemic for the most part**<br>**of the year.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|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|**Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust was**<br>**unable to review our financial position in**<br>**April 2021 due to low financial activity**<br>**because of Covid 19.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not have a policy in place yet.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**We have received little income**<br>**(donations) for the period 2nd April 2021**<br>**to 1st April 2022.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**£0**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



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

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|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|**Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust**<br>**Governing Document**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|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|**To operate with a minimum of three**<br>**Trustees.**|



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

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

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1185064|
|Charity’s principal address|Trafford Mill<br>Watermill Lane<br>Mickle Trafford<br>Chester<br>Cheshire<br>CH2 4FG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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|||Kathryn Spencer|Trustee|||||
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|||Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved<br>**Director name**<br>**Geoffrey Spencer**<br>**Ceris Timms**<br>**Kathryn Spencer**||||||
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|||**Geoffrey Spencer**||||||
|||**Ceris Timms**||||||
|||**Kathryn Spencer**||||||
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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 None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None 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** 

## **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** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Ceris Timms||
||<br>Trustee||
||22ndFebruary 2023||
||22ndFebruary 2023||



