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

**From 1[st] April 2022                  Period start date   To Period end date** 

## **Charity name:Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation** 

## **Charity registration number:1185374** 

## **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|**Provide and maintain Plush Paddock as**<br>**an area for recreation, leisure time,**<br>**occupations and community events for**<br>**the general benefit of the community.**|
|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|**A plan for developing Plush Paddock as a**<br>**biodiverse area of recreation for the**<br>**community was drawn up and approved**<br>**at community meetings.**<br>**The first phase of this plan was**<br>**implemented in November and December**<br>**2022 with the planting by tree adopters**<br>**and volunteers of 27 trees in a communal**<br>**orchard. The trees, stakes, ties and**<br>**guards were sourced through a Tree**<br>**Council grant. A further 8 non orchard**<br>**trees and 450 whips to create a new**<br>**hedge were planted by volunteers in**<br>**March. The trees and whips were**<br>**supplied by the Tree Council.**<br>**The hedges were trimmed to keep a tidy,**<br>**wildlife supporting perimeter and wildlife**<br>**corridor.**<br>**An area for recreation was established**<br>**through periodic topping and mowing to**<br>**enable community gatherings and parties**<br>**to be held.**|
|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|**They have regard to this.**|



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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making 



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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers made a key contribution to**<br>**the preparation of the communal orchard**<br>**ground prior to planting and during the**<br>**planting itself.**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||**The charity has completed the first of**|
|||**several parts of its main objective of**|
|||**establishing Plush Paddock in**|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,|Para 1.20|**accordance with the purposes of the**<br>**charity in its constitution. The communal**|
|identifying the difference the||**orchard has been planted by adopters of**|
|charity’s work has made to||**the trees,  two further non orchard**|
|the circumstances of its||**copses established and a hedge planted**|
|beneficiaries and any wider||**along one side to promote a wildlife**|
|benefits to society as a||**corridor. This has engaged and bonded**|
|whole.||**the community and created a biodiverse**|
|||**area of recreation and leisure.**|



|**Of**|||
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|**Additional information (optional)**|||
|You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|||**All objectives have been met in this**|
|||**period.**|
|Achievements against|Para 1.41||
|objectives set|||
|||**All objectives for claiming grants have**|
|||**been met in this period**|
|Performance of fundraising|||
|activities against objectives|Para 1.41||
|set|||
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Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has a satisfactory financial**<br>**balance.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity proposes to keep the**<br>**reserves approximately at the present**<br>**level to cover maintenance. Any**<br>**additional costs will be covered by**<br>**fundraising or grants.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£3000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None**|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>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|**Fundraising at events and grants**|
|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|**No serious risks**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Elected by members as per the**<br>**constitution**|



**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|Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1185374|
|Charity’s principal address|Manor Gate Cottage<br>Plush<br>Dorset DT2 7RJ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||John Lush|Chair|||
||Roxanne Harbour|Treasurer|||
||Ann Jordan||||
||Richard Cake||||
||Gordon Judd||||
||Caroline Burnham||||
||AnthonyMurray||||
||Jonathan Drori||||
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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)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Arboreal**|The Tree Council|Surrey Quays Road, London SE162XU|
|**General**|Dorset AONB|Dorchester DT11XJ|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **General 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**|||
|---|---|---|
||John Frederick Peters Lush||
||<br>Chair||
||6thJanuary 2024||
||6thJanuary 2024||





||**Charity Name**<br>**Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|**Charity Name**<br>**Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|**Charity Name**<br>**Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|**Charity Name**<br>**Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|**Charity Name**<br>**Plush Paddock Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|**No (if any)**<br>**1185374**|**No (if any)**<br>**1185374**|**No (if any)**<br>**1185374**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**||Period start date<br>01/04/2022||**To**||Period end date<br>31/03/2023|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest      £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the**<br>**nearest £**|
|JubileeFetefundraising|**165**||**-**||**-**||**165**|||
|Dorset Community fund<br>grant|**1,500**||**-**||**-**||**1,500**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br> **1,665**||**-**||**-**||**1,665**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment**<br>**sales, (see table).**||||||||||
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||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **||||||||||
||**1,665**||||||||**-**|



|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Hedge cutting and grass<br>topping|**50**||**-**||**-**||**50**|||
|Insurance|**183**||**-**||**-**||**183**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**233**||**-**||**-**||**233**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between fund**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year en**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
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||**1,432**||||||||**-**|
||**s                    -**||||||||**-**|
||**d            5,544**||||||||**-**|
||**6,976**||||||||**-**|



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

|**Categories**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts<br>and payments account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**6,976**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**6,976**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to**<br>**which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to**<br>**which asset**<br>**belongs**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
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|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||**-**|
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|||||**-**|
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|||||**Current**<br>**value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||||**Current**<br>**value**<br>**(optional)**|
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**Fund to Amount due When due which (optional) (optional) liability relates Details** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

**-** 

|X R2 accounts (SS)<br>Signed by one or two<br>trustees on behalf of all the<br>trustees|~~2~~<br>Signature|Print Name<br>RoxanneHarbour<br>John Lush|Date of<br>approval|~~0~~24|
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|||RoxanneHarbour|20.11.23||
||~~2~~|John Lush|~~05/01/2~~<br>**20.11.23**||



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