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

|**From**|**Period start date**|**To**|**Period end date**|
|---|---|---|---|
||1 May 2022||30 April 2023|



**Charity name:** The Plasdŵr Community Fund 

## **Charity registration number:** 1185787 

|**A. Objectives and Activities**||
|---|---|
|**Summary of the purposes of the**<br>**charity as set out in its governing**<br>**document**<br>_SORP Para 1.17_|The objects of the CIO are to benefit the residents of the<br>Plasdŵr community and surrounding areas by assisting<br>residents, local authorities and other organisations in efforts<br>to:<br>(a)<br>provide social and sporting facilities for<br>recreation and leisure time;<br>(b)<br>promote community participation in healthy<br>recreation activities; and<br>(c)<br>promote the conservation, protection and<br>improvement of the physical and natural<br>environment.|
|**Summary of the main activities in**<br>**relation to those purposes for the**<br>**public benefit, in particular, the**<br>**activities, projects or services**<br>**identified in the accounts.**<br>_SORP Para 1.17, 1.19_|**Main activities undertaken by the Charity**<br>The Charity is in the early stages of its development but<br>nevertheless made grants during this period.<br>The Charity will continue to make grants and provide support<br>to individuals and other local organisations to help fund and<br>support sporting facilities and activities and recreation<br>spaces, open spaces and recreation and community<br>activities.<br>Any residents of the Plasdŵr community, as well as residents<br>of adjoining areas, may benefit.  The aim of the Charity is to<br>ensure that this significant new housing development<br>becomes a thriving community.|
|**Statement confirming whether**<br>**the trustees have had regard to**<br>**the guidance issued by the**<br>**Charity Commission on public**<br>**benefit**<br>_SORP Para 1.18_|**Statutory declaration**<br>The Trustees have complied with their legal duty under the<br>Charities Act to have regard to the public benefit guidance<br>published by the Charity Commission.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
|---|---|
|Policy on grant making<br>_SORP Para 1.38_|The Trustees have adopted a risk-based policy on<br>grant making.|
|Policy on social investment including<br>program related investment<br>_SORP Para 1.38_|The Trustees have not made any social or<br>programme-related investments.|
|Contribution made by volunteers<br>_SORP Para 1.38_|The Charity was not supported by any volunteers<br>during the period.|
|Other|Not applicable.|



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|**B. Achievements and Performance**||
|---|---|
|**Summary of the main achievements of**<br>**the charity, identifying the difference**<br>**the charity’s work has made to the**<br>**circumstances of its beneficiaries and**<br>**any wider benefits to society as a**<br>**whole.**<br>_SORP Para 1.20_|The Charity was registered on 14 October 2019 and is<br>still in the fairly early stages of its development.<br>The Trustees have continued to work to establish<br>internal processes and develop relationships for the<br>successful operation of the Charity in the community.<br>The Trustees have made grants during this period to<br>assist a local comprehensive school with the<br>regeneration of their all-weather sports pitch, and also<br>to support a local community annual festival, in each<br>case as part of its commitment to support local<br>projects and initiatives.|



|**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:|
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against objectives set<br>_SORP Para 1.41_||Not applicable|
|Performance of fundraising activities<br>against objectives set<br>_SORP Para 1.41_||Not applicable|
|Investment performance against objectives<br>_SORP Para 1.41_||Not applicable|
|Other||Not applicable|
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|**C. Financial Review**|||
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the<br>end of the period<br>_SORP Para 1.21_|At the end of its reporting period the Charity held £38,072 in unrestricted<br>funds, all of which are available for the general purposes of the Charity.||
|Statement explaining<br>the policy for holding<br>reserves stating why<br>they are held<br>SORP Para 1.22|The Trustees have adopted a “no reserves” policy.||
|Amount of reserves<br>held<br>SORP Para 1.22|Not applicable||
|Reasons for holding<br>zero reserves<br>SORP Para 1.22|The Trustees have adopted a “no reserves” policy.  The charity is<br>funded by corporate donors and the donations are unrestricted.  The<br>Trustees consider that it is not necessary to hold back any unrestricted<br>funds not committed (the “free funds”) as it is very unlikely that there will<br>be any unforeseen drop in income or funding as the donations are made<br>in advance of the charity making its donations.  The Charity does not<br>have any expenditure or liabilities where future income is likely to fall<br>short of anticipated costs.<br>The free funds vary from time to time and are dependent on a number of<br>factors including the number of requests for funding received and the||



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||size of grants given.  The Trustees are careful not to make donations<br>which are not in furtherance of the Charity’s objectives, and as such the<br>level of reserves will fluctuate depending on the number and size of<br>suitable requests received, and whether any monies have been held<br>back, though uncommitted, for specific donations.<br>As at the balance sheet date these funds amounted to £38,072 (2022:<br>£47,168).|size of grants given.  The Trustees are careful not to make donations<br>which are not in furtherance of the Charity’s objectives, and as such the<br>level of reserves will fluctuate depending on the number and size of<br>suitable requests received, and whether any monies have been held<br>back, though uncommitted, for specific donations.<br>As at the balance sheet date these funds amounted to £38,072 (2022:<br>£47,168).|
|---|---|---|
|Details of fund<br>materially in deficit<br>SORP Para 1.24|Not applicable||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern<br>SORP Para 1.23|The Trustees do not have any uncertainties about the Charity continuing<br>as a going concern||
|**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)<br>_SORP Para 1.47_||The Charity is funded by corporate donors.  Property developers are<br>required to pay £100 per house built in the Plasdŵr development to the<br>Charity.<br>Over the next approximately 20 years up to 7,000 households will form<br>the Plasdŵr development which has been planned as a thriving,<br>sustainable community where people can learn, work, socialise, play<br>and lead healthy and fulfilling lives for generations to come.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted<br>_SORP Para 1.46_||Not applicable|
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity<br>_SORP Para 1.46_||The Charity will predominantly operate as a grant-making charity.<br>The Trustees have identified the major risks which the Charity faces<br>and have adopted a risk-based approach to grant making to manage<br>those risks and have taken out suitable insurance cover.<br>The Trustees will continue to consider and review key risks which<br>face the Charity and how these can be managed and mitigated.|
|Other||Not applicable|



|**D. Structure, Governance and Management**|**D. Structure, Governance and Management**|
|---|---|
|Description of charity’s trusts:||
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)<br>_SORP Para 1.25_|Constitution based on the Charity Commission foundation<br>model|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)<br>_SORP Para 1.25_|Charitable incorporated organisation|
|Trustee selection methods including<br>details of any constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint one<br>or more trustees|**Methods of appointing new charity trustees**<br>Apart from the first charity trustees, new trustees must be<br>appointed by a resolution of an external appointing body<br>comprised of representatives of the landowners.|



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|Policies and procedures adopted for<br>the induction and training of trustees<br>_SORP Para 1.51_|Policies and procedures adopted for<br>the induction and training of trustees<br>_SORP Para 1.51_|On appointment new trustees are provided with a current<br>copy of the Charity’s constitution as well as the Charity's<br>latest Trustees' Annual Report and statement of accounts.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational structure<br>and any wider network with which the<br>charity works<br>_SORP Para 1.51_||**Governance**<br>The Constitution provides for a minimum of three and a<br>maximum of six trustees.<br>The Charity is in the relatively early stages of its<br>development and envisages the following structure once it<br>is operational and more requests for funding have been<br>received:<br>a. The Trustees plan to meet quarterly to<br>agree the broad strategies and areas of<br>activity<br>for<br>the<br>Charity,<br>including<br>consideration of grant making, investment,<br>reserves and risk management policies<br>and performance.<br>b. The day to day processing and handling of<br>grant requests and applications will be<br>delegated to a Plasdŵr Project Manager,<br>who will provide a summary of requests<br>received to the Trustees at quarterly<br>trustee meetings where the requests will<br>be reviewed and decisions will be made.<br>Urgent requests for funding may be made<br>by email to the trustees.|
|Relationship with any related parties<br>_SORP Para 1.51_||See “Methods of appointing new charity trustees”|
|Other||**Benefits/Remuneration**<br>None of the trustees were remunerated for acting as a<br>trustee during the financial period.|
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|**E. Reference and Administrative details**|||
|Charity name|The Plasdŵr Community Fund||
|Other name the charity uses|Not applicable||
|Registered charity number|1185787||



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Charity’s principal address Cooke & Arkwright 7-8 Windsor Place Cardiff CF10 3SX 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Trustee name**|**Office (if**<br>**any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
||Simon Richard<br>Owen|Trustee and<br>Chair|Not applicable|Not applicable|
||Michael<br>AnthonyLawley|Trustee|Not applicable|Not applicable|
||Glynne<br>Rowland Davies|Trustee|Not applicable|Not applicable|



**Corporate trustees** – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** Not applicable 

## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**Not applicable**|||
|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**|||
|Description of the assets held in this capacity||Not<br>applicable|
|Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian charity’s objects||Not<br>applicable|
|Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the<br>charity’s own assets||Not<br>applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**<br>**adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|Legal<br>advisor|Burges Salmon LLP|One Glass Wharf, Bristol BS2 0ZX|



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Simon Richard Owen **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee and Chair ] **Date** 29.2.2024 

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||**The Plasdŵr Community Fund**<br>**Charity Name**|**The Plasdŵr Community Fund**<br>**Charity Name**|**The Plasdŵr Community Fund**<br>**Charity Name**|**The Plasdŵr Community Fund**<br>**Charity Name**|**The Plasdŵr Community Fund**<br>**Charity Name**|**1185787**<br>**No (if any)**|**1185787**<br>**No (if any)**|**1185787**<br>**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**<br>**from**||01-May-21<br>Period start date||**To**||30-Apr-22<br>Period end date|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>-<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**8,000**<br>**1,000**<br>**96**<br>**9,096**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,096**<br>**(9,096)**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donation|-||**-**||**-**||-||16,600|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**16,600**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales**||||||||||
|Not applicable|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||||||
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**16,600**|
|||||||||||
|Grant|8,000||||||||**-**|
|Grant|1,000||||||||**-**|
|Bank charges|96||||||||**32**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**9,096**||||||||**32**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases**||||||||||
|Not applicable|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_ **||||||||||
||||||||||**-**|
|||||||||||
||**(9,096)**||**-**||**-**||**(9,096)**||**16,600**|
||-||-||-||-||-|
||47,168||-||-||47,168||-|
||**38,072**||**-**||**-**||**38,072**||**16,600**|



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

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**h**<br>**it ’**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>Not applicable<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>Not applicable<br>**Details**<br>Barclays bank account|**Details**<br>Not applicable<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>Not applicable<br>**Details**<br>Barclays bank account|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**38,072**||**-**||**-**|
||||**38,072**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|||||||||
||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
||Not applicable|||||||
||**Details**<br>Signature<br>Not applicable||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>Print Name<br>**Simon Richard Owen, Trustee and**<br>**Chair**||||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||**Simon Richard Owen, Trustee and**<br>**Chair**||||29.2.2024|
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