## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 November 2022 Period start date To 31 October 2023 Period end date** **Charity name: Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group CIO** ## **Charity registration number: 1185930** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public**
**in matters pertaining to wild birds of**
**prey (Raptors), their habitats, species**
**conservation and monitoring,**
**ornithology and avian biology.**
**To promote for the benefit of the public**
**the conservation and protection of wild**
**birds of prey (Raptors) and their**
**habitats.**| |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|**Holding talks open to the public at large**
**to disseminate our conservation and**
**monitoring work and to educate the**
**public generally in UK and**
**Gloucestershire raptors.**
**Monitoring, marking (rings and tags)**
**and conserving Gloucestershire raptors**
**and maintaining a database of all**
**activities.**
**Communicating with the public at large**
**via our website.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are always mindful of the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit and**
**discharge these responsibilities by**
**holding regular talks and raptor events**
**in addition to maintaining our website**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We make grants when it might assist**
**our understanding of local raptors and/**
**or promote scientific research into**
**conservation/ monitoring.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The Trustees have invested in display**
**materials, equipment for talks and**
**website development to facilitate**
**dissemination of information to the**
**public at large.**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Trustees, themselves unpaid**
**volunteers, recognise the input of all our**
**volunteers (numbering c. 40 in 2022/3)**
**who include monitors, ringers, satellite**
**taggers, climbers, authors, web**
**specialists and general administrative**
**workers. GRMG CIO is entirely**
**dependant on all its volunteers. We**
**operate with no paid staff.**| |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|**Our monitoring data now contributes to**
**the national report by the Rare Breeding**
**Birds Panel, published in the British**
**Birds journal.**
**We have supported undergraduates and**
**Masters students in two local**
**universities by providing data and**
**guidance for research projects and**
**dissertations.**
**GRMG volunteers monitored several**
**hundred nests of a range of raptors and**
**owls including Goshawk, Red Kite,**
**Peregrine, Hobby, Sparrowhawk,**
**Buzzard, Kestrel, Tawny Owl, Little Owl**
**and Barn Owl. Many of the chicks were**
**also ringed by our licenced bird ringers**
**with the data collected contributing to**
**the British Trust for Ornithology’s**
**national nest record and ringing**
**schemes as well as local conservation**
**knowledge. Our volunteers have also**
**provided advice to many landowners**
**and managers across the county**
**regarding conservation of and habitat**
**management for raptors.**
**Aided Police in investigations.**
**GRMG are now represented on**
**Gloucestershire Police Wildlife crime**
**panel.**| ## **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|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves comprise entirely of Bank and**
**cash funds and these are held to**
**facilitate our future activities.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2412**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |deficit||| |---|---|---| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There is no such uncertainty.**| ## **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|
**Talks by celebrity raptor enthusiasts**
**and also by our own volunteers.**
**Raptor ID events in the field.**
**Gift Aid**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Our investment policy is to generate**
**sufficient funds for our current and**
**future activities and to maintain high**
**liquidity. We also invest in materials**
**required by our volunteers to carry out**
**their conservation, monitoring and**
**marking activities such as harnesses,**
**ladders, ropes, trail cams and batteries.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The risks are limited to an inability to**
**continue to generate funding to facilitate**
**our activities. Our current funds would**
**provide for at least four years future**
**activities (depending on how we fund**
**any future satellite tagging costs)**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**whose only voting members are its**
**charity trustees.**
**(‘Foundation’ model constitution)**| |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|**In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as charity trustees, the charity trustees**
**will have regard to the skills, knowledge**
**and experience needed for the effective**
**administration of the CIO.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and 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|**Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group CIO**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**GRMG CIO**| |Registered charity number|**1185930**| |Charity’s principal address|**Old Builders Arms**
**Randalls Green**
**Chalford Hill**
**Nr Stroud**
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**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Gordon Kirk**|**Chair**||| ||**Natalie Roberts**|**Chief Operating**||| ||**Gareth Jones**|**Wildlife Crime**||| ||**Anna Field**|**BTO ringer**||| ||**Stephen Watson**|**Treasurer**||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets **N/A** 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 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) Stephen Joseph Watson Full name(s) Gordon Raymond Kirk Position (eg Secretary, Chair Treasurer Chair, etc) Date Xx/xx/202x** ||**Charity Name**

**Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group CIO**
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**Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group CIO**
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**Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group CIO**
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**1185930**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
11/1/2022|**To**
|Period end date
10/31/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**200**
Talks income
**2,395**
Gift Aid
**495**
Conservation services
**675**
Grants
**500**
**4,265**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 4,265**
**A3 Payments**
Talk/ event costs (commissions/ hall hire etc)
**681**
Ringing/ Climbing/ monitoring costs
**980**
Advertising
Insurance
**285**
Web site
Finance charges (bank/ PayPal)
**97**
Ticketing commission
**231**
Nestbox costs
**313**
**_Sub total_ 2,587**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 2,587**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,678**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**734**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,412**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**200**
**2,395**
**495**
**675**
**500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,265**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,265**
**-**
**681**
**980**
**-**
**285**
**-**
**97**
**231**
**313**
**2,587**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,587**
**1,678**
**-**
**734**
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**to the nearest £**| ||||**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**200**|**1,017**| |||||**2,395**|**120**| |||||**495**|**83**| |||||**675**|**3,433**| |||||**500**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**4,265**|**4,653**| ||||||| ||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**4,265**|**4,653**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||**681**|| |||||**980**|**2,681**| |||||**-**|**-**| |||||**285**|**268**| |||||**-**|**60**| |||||**97**|| |||||**231**|| |||||**313**|**2,071**| |||||**2,587**|**5,080**| ||||||| ||||**-**
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**-**|**-**|| |||||**-**|| |||||**-**|**-**| ||||||| ||||**-**|**2,587**|**5,080**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**
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**-**|**1,678**|**- 427**| |||**-**||**-**|**-**| |||**-**||**734**|**1,161**| |||**-**||**2,412**|**734**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
Bank
Petty cash
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
**Details**
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,309**
**-**
**103**
**-**
**-**
**2,412**
**-**
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OK
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**to nearest £**
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**-**
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Print Name
Stephen Watson
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**asset belongs**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||OK| |||**to nearest £**
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**funds**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**-**| |||**Current value**
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approval| ||Stephen Watson|1/3/2024| ||||