2025-05-31-accounts - Tidy Up St Leonards

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 06 2024 To 31 05 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Tidy up St.Leonards Other names charity is known by TUSL Registered charity number (if any) 1186423 Charity's principal address 8 Gillsmans Park St.Leonards on Sea East Sussex Postcode TN38 0SW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 John Funnell Trustee
2 Brian Smithers Trustee
3 Trevor Thwaites Trustee
4 Stefan Spence Trustee
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

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Names and addresses of	advisers (Optional information)	advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser	Name	Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To promote for the public benefit improvement in St.Leonards on Sea by:

1) Practical measures and encouragement of partnerships to reduce Summary of the objects of the litter and improve the general environment of the local area. charity set out in its 2) Raising public awareness and providing information in matters relating governing document to the benefits of litter reduction. 3) Maintenance and improvements of Woodland and Open Spaces in St. Leonards on Sea.

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The collection of litter to improve the environment by arranging weekly gatherings of trustees and members to clean-up set designated areas.

To also form small groups or assign individuals to maintain designated areas, this involves picking up litter, reporting of fly tipping, cutting back overgrown roadside vegetation, cleaning road signs etc.

Members using the charities equipment and following the charities risk assessments, regularly go out either individually or in small groups to tidy the areas around where they live.

Working closely with other organisations during this period, such as the local authorities, county council, housing associations etc., to work towards a joined-up approach for improvement to the environment,

Maintain and improve local woodland and open spaces, working closely with local authorities, housing associations and local supermarkets to organise events and encourage local residents to get involved.

I confirm the trustees have continued to keep in mind the Charity Commission guidance to public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

The period has seen that our group weekly events have been well Summary of the main attended, with approximately 15-20 members attending each 2-hour achievements of the charity event, each member on average filling 2 bags of rubbish along with during the year collecting various items of fly tipping. During the current year 52 members have attended these events. Our total membership has grown to 140 however 24 of these have been non-active. The idea of small groups and individuals taking responsibility for their own areas has continued and there are around 59 members involved in organising themselves to keep their locality under control. This has enabled weekly event teams to spread wider and focus on areas not previously covered. The core activities continue to be clearance of litter, reporting fly tipping, cutting back and clearing vegetation and working in woodland to improve the appearance and feeling of unspoilt nature while ensuring pathways are kept accessible and safe for the public to use. This year we have assisted in cutting-back and clearing vegetation in historic ‘St,Leonards Gardens’ in conjunction with Hastings Borough Council’s Parks department. This may be an ongoing project. A continued good relationship with our local Council exists. We are often praised in Council documents and removal of collected rubbish is normally within a day of being reported, quite often the same day. We continued to be involved with Council initiatives such as the Safer Streets partnership and work with third parties such as housing associations. We are still able to rent a housing association garage for safe storage of our tools and equipment. The membership continues to grow thanks to our visibility in many areas. Our Social Media sites such as ‘Facebook’ also have attracted more than 1200 online members. More of our members are posting on them all of which raises our profile and aims further. We encourage our members to report online directly with the council in the reporting of fly-tipping. The efforts of the Trustees to raise funds from grants and donations from various sources has enabled us to still be financially self-sufficient even in these testing times. This has enabled us not only to purchase the necessary equipment for our volunteers to carry-out their tasks safely but also to provide continued training in first aid, dealing with sharps (needles) and the safe use of power tools for some of our members. Maintaining good relationships with local supermarkets has also helped with publicity and funding This year we provided our services, clearing up at local events organised by : Hastings Pride, Hastings Roundtable and Hastings Hidden Beach.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Sufficient funds are held in reserve to replace equipment, pay insurance and ensure any administration costs can be met.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No funds are In deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

The Charity’s main source of funding is through grants and donations. Spending is mainly on equipment, safety workwear, insurance, storage costs to safely store our growing equipment stocks, safety training courses to enable our members to undertake activities safely and admin costs to enable the charity to function.

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Brief Summary of Income & Expenditure for the year ended 31[st] May 2025

Opening Bank Balance 01/06/2024 £ 2306 Income : Grant 1100 Donations 3164 6570 Expenditure (2360) Closing Bank Balance 31/05/2025 £ 4210

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) JFunnell

Full name(s) John Funnell

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 30/11/2025

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Charity Name

TIDY UP ST.LEONARDS

1186423

Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/06/2024 31/05/2025

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Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Hastings Borough Council Grant 1,100 - 1,100 -
Hastings Pride 150 - 150 -
Hastings Hidden Beach 250 - 250 -
James English - Vehicke Smart 2,000 - - 2,000 -
Rob Millington 250 - - 250 -
ASDA Foundation 500 - - 500 -
Paypal - Supporters Donations 14 - - 14
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Sub total (Gross income for
- - 4,264 4,544
AR) [ 4,264 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 4,264 - - 4,264 4,544
A3 Payments
Administration & Catering Costs 86 - - 86 137
Insurances 116 - - 116 532
Stationery & Website Costs - - - - 109
Replacement Tools & Equipment 453 - - 453 1,235
Safety Workwear 319 - - 319 724
Hygiene, First Aid & Safety Signs - - - - -
Battery Powered Pressure Washer 190 - - 190 -
Garage Rent & Sundry Costs 1,000 - - 1,000 925
Iron Raiing Fixings - 96 - 96 -
Power Tools & First Aid Training 100 - - 100 210
Sub total [ 2,264 ] 96 - 2,360 3,872
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ 2,264 ] 96 - 2,360 3,872
Total payments [ 2,264 ] 96 - 2,360 3,872
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,000 - 96 - 1,904 672
A5 Transfers between funds 7 - 7 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 2,203 103 - 2,306 1,634
Cash funds this year end 4,210 - - 4,210 2,306
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities	BKSmithers (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Bank Current Account Balance *Total cash funds* Details Details Details Details Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 4,210 - - - - - 4,210 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name BRIAN SMITHERS	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -
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			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 30/11/2025