## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 2nd April 2023 **Period start date** To **Period end date** 1st April 2025 **Charity name:** Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust ## **Charity registration number:** 1185064 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To preserve, restore and maintain Trafford
Mill, a Grade 2 Listed building of historical
importance.| |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|We have worked primarily on building
professional relationships with the local
community and participating in village events
as part of our community consultation work
for our funding plan for the restoration of the
building.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|
The Trustees have regard for the guidance
on how our charity can benefit the public.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|We had five Trustee meetings, one of which
was with our immediate neighbours, and
another with Mickle Trafford & District Parish
Council.
The Trustees represented Mickle Trafford
Mill Charitable Trust at the Mickle Trafford
Village Summer Fete.
We contracted a heritage builder to carry out
some necessary repairs on the roof again
this year to protect the building from heavy
rainstorms.
We held a volunteer day in the winter to
continue our commitment to heritage crafts
and had a day of hedgelaying in our lane.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |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|Our review concluded that the charity’s use
of funds is necessary to ensure that the
building is as accessible as it can be to
members of the public and those of interest.
Our future will be focusing on continuing to
work with the local community as we move
forward to our fundraising strategy in our
restoration plan.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A| |
Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A| |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: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |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|Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust
Governing Document| |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|Trustee Meetings discuss the recruitment of
new trustees and a quorum vote is taken.
Trustees are selected for their personal skills
and expertise not already present in the
Trusteeship.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |
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|Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust| |---|---| |
Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1185064| |
Charity’s principal address|Trafford Mill, Watermill Lane, Mickle Trafford, Chester,
Cheshire CH2 4FG| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Nam**
**e of**
**pers**
**on**
**(or**
**bod**
**y)**
**entit**
**led**
**to**
**app**
**oint**
**trust**
**ee**
**(if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||Ceris Timms|Chair|| ||Kathryn Spencer|Trustee|| ||Richard
Hodgkinson|Trustee|| ||Jason Briggs|Trustee|| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| 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|N/A| |---|---| |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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||| ||||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **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)** Ceris Timms **Full name(s)** Ceris Jane Timms **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 31st January 2026 **Charity Name Mickle Trafford Mill Charitable Trust** **No (if any) 1185064** ## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** ## **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** Apr-24 Apr-25 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**45**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 45**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**45**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**45**|**-**| |**A3 Payments**
Trade Services
**470**
Utilities
**1,123**
Internet
**136**
CCTV
**132**
Website
**264**
Insurance
**360**
Fete Expenses
**41**
**-**|**A3 Payments**
Trade Services
**470**
Utilities
**1,123**
Internet
**136**
CCTV
**132**
Website
**264**
Insurance
**360**
Fete Expenses
**41**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**470**
**1,123**
**136**
**132**
**264**
**360**
**41**
**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Trade Services|**470**|**-**|**-**|**470**|**-**| |Utilities|**1,123**|**-**|**-**|**1,123**|**-**| |Internet|**136**|**-**|**-**|**136**|**-**| |CCTV|**132**|**-**|**-**|**132**|**-**| |Website|**264**|**-**|**-**|**264**|**-**| |Insurance|**360**|**-**|**-**|**360**|**-**| |Fete Expenses|**41**|**-**|**-**|**41**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| 01/31/2026 1 ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Sub total_**|**2,526**||**-**||**-**||**2,526**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_ **||**2,526**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**2,526**|||||**-**|| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **||**- 2,481**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**- 2,481**||||**-**||| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**-**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**-**||||**-**||| |**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**- 2,481**||||**-**|||||**-**|||||**- 2,481**||||**-**||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| 01/31/2026 2 |**-**||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| |**-**||**-**||**-**| ## **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** ## **B5 Liabilities** |**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||**-**|| |||**-**|| 01/31/2026 3 Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees ||||||||**-**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||**-**||| ||||||||**-**||| |||Signature||Print|Name||||Date of
approval| ||Ceris Timms|||Ceris|Timms||||31.1.26| ||||||||||| 01/31/2026 4