2023-10-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From NOV 2022 To OCT 2023

Charity name: Buddies Of Beckets

Charity registration number: 1186989

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Promote conservation, protection & improvement of Beckets Park. Promote for benefits of inhabitants of Northampton.
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 have continued to raise the profile of the park with local news and radio articles. The campaign to secure the pavilion building has finally been achieved with the council leasing part of it to us and part to a local business person who has opened up a Pavilion Café. This has created employment for local people and most importantly created a warm and welcoming atmosphere to the park.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Volunteers have continued to give time for meetings and occasional litter picks/tidy ups.

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	As mentioned above,we have continued to raise the profile of the park with local news and radio articles. The campaign to secure the pavilion building has finally been achieved with the council leasing part of it to us for storage purposes and part to a local business person who has opened up a Pavilion Café. This has created employment for local people and most importantly created a warm and welcoming atmosphere to the park. Since Covid we have still not held any activities involving the public but hope to organise some Christmas activities in the park. The annual beer festival took place along with Eid in the park. The wild flower meadow had some work done on it by volunteers and continues to be a success,

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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

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern

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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
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
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 trustees	Para 1.25

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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

Charity name	Buddies of Beckets
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1186989
Charity’s principal address	2 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Nicholas Stephens	Chair
	Rachel Packman
	Mick Young
	Alice Morgan
	Rob Smith
	Sue Ward

– 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)

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) Nicholas Stephens

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date

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