## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 6/4/21 Period start date To 5/4/22 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Transition Northwich** ## **Charity registration number: 1186841** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND
PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE PUBLIC IN NORTHWICH AND BEYOND BY: A) ADVANCING
EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
RESOURCE SCARCITY, PEAK OIL AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE;
B) PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY AND
ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT TO A REDUCTION IN CO2
EMISSIONS, ENERGY SAVING, REDUCING RELIANCE UPON
CARBON EMITTING ENERGY SOURCES; C)INCREASING
RESILIENCE TO RESOURCE SCARCITY; D) ENCOURAGING TO
REUSE, RECYCLE AND REDUCE WASTE| |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 provided 10 tablets for library users to
access books and magazines during lockdown.
Supported by a book club in association with
Northwich Library.
Summer free tai chi outside classes
Organised painting and craft workshops
Twice weekly activities at Rods Secret Garden.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
|Para 1.18|**Yes**| |~~benefit~~||| ## **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 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
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SORP reference
Weekly free lunches at Rods secret garden
are popular and enable people to enjoy
company at the same time as using food
Summary of the main that would otherwise have gone to waste.
Para 1.20
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.
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
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Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Good| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£14,736**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **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|We bank with the co-operative bank. Which
is ethical| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Lack of volunteers| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s

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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|| |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
|Para 1.25|| |~~trustees~~||| ## **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** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity Trustee name Dates acted rf 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)** **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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** Table 1 |**Date**|**From/to**|**Income**|**Spending**|**Balance**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**06/04/2021**|Starting balance|||11,550.54| |**21/4/21**|Local giving|9.74||11,560.28| |**28/4/21**|Local giving|4.65||11,564.93| |**4/5/21**|AA-Not a reading group||1470|10,094.93| |**17/5/21**|Townley Insurance||359.30|| |**17/5/21**|Townley Insurance||25|9710.63| |**3/6/21**|Local giving|4.65||| |**18/6/21**|Transfer|500||| |**28/6/21**|Neighbourly together fund|1000||| |**30/6/21**|Local giving annual memb||96|| |**30/6/21**|Donna Tai Chi Summer||400|| |**30/6/21**|Local giving|4.65||10,723.93| |**5/8/21**|The climate movement|2070||| |**25/8/21**|Local giving|4.65||| |**9/9/21**|Local giving|504.66||| |**29/9/21**|Local giving|4.65||| |**7/10/21**|Local giving|29.42||| |**27/10/21**|Local giving|4.65||| |**5/11/21**|Co-op|1534.80||| |**22/11/21**|Chq- Painting glass||224.90|14651.85| |**8/12/21**|Prism studios ltd||192.54|| |**30/12/21**|Local giving|9.30||| |**24/1/22**|Sarah Pendleton-sharp||288.73|14179.88| |**28/1/22**|Donna-tai chi||165|| |**28/1/22**|Pam-Rods garden equipment||63.06|| |**8/2/22**|Local giving|4.65||13956.47| |**2/3/22**|Local giving|4.65||| |**9/3/21**|Local giving|20.21||| |**25/3/22**|Groundwork|750||| |**30/3/21**|Local giving|4.65||| |**5/4/21**|CLOSING BALANCE|6469.98|3284.53|14,735.99| 1