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|Summary<br>the charity||ofthe purposes<br> as set out in its|||of|Para 1.17|1)To promote for the benefit ofthe public the<br>conservation,<br>protection<br>and improvement<br>of||
|governing|document||||||the physical<br>and natural<br>environment<br>of||
||||||||Northumbria.||
||||||||2) To advance the education<br>ofthe public on||
||||||||matters concerned<br>with the heritage,||
||||||||protection,<br>conservation<br>and enhancement|of|
||||||||historic parks, gardens<br>and other designated||
||||||||landscapes<br>of Northumbria.||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>in relation tothose<br>purposes<br>for the public<br>benefit,<br>in particular,<br>the||||||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|The planned<br>programme<br>ofvisits to historic<br>gardens were again disrupted<br>by COVID<br>restrictions<br>but the final visit ofthe year - to<br>the North Marine Park at South Shields-||
|activities,|projects||or||||was held and the annual<br>lecture<br>in November||
|services|identified||in|the|||went ahead.||
|accounts.|||||||A small group ofthe trustees<br>continued<br>to||
||||||||respond to the weekly<br>planning<br>lists||
||||||||circulated<br>by The Gardens<br>Trust, which were||
||||||||scanned<br>and applications<br>likely to have||
||||||||adverse impact on historic designed||
||||||||landscapes<br>in the Northumbria<br>region||
||||||||assessed and responded<br>to via TGTas||
||||||||appropriate.||
||||||||Requests<br>for information<br>and support||
||||||||received via the website concerning<br>historic||
||||||||designed<br>landscapes<br>in Northumbria<br>have||
||||||||been res onded to.||
|Statement<br>confirming<br>whether<br>the trustees||||have||Para 1.18|The trustees<br>have had regard to the<br>guidance<br>issued by the Charity Commission||
|had regard||to the guidance|||||on public benefit.||
|issued by|the Charity||||||||
|Commission||on public|||||||
|benefit|||||||||






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|Financial Revie|Financial Revie|Financial Revie|w||||
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|Review ofthe charity's|||||Para 1.21|The funds<br>in the Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust|
|financial<br>position at the end of<br>the period||||||Community<br>Account fell slightly<br>during the<br>period. The two main items ofexpenditure<br>were the Annual<br>subscription<br>and insurance|
|||||||payments<br>to The Gardens Trust and the cost|
|||||||of Room Hire for the annual lecture.|
|||||||Membership<br>subscriptions<br>recovered from|
|||||||last year due to the diligence ofthe|
|||||||Membershi<br>Secreta<br>.|
|Statement<br>explaining<br>the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|||||Para 1.22|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust Community<br>Account maintains amodest balance which<br>serves as areserve against forthcoming|
|||||||ex<br>nditure.|
|Amount|of|reserves<br>held|||Para 1.22|E2647|
|Reasons|for holding zero||||Para 1.22|n/a|
|reserves|||||||
|Details offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|n/a|
|deficit|||||||
|Explanation<br>of any<br>uncertainties<br>about the|||||Para 1.23|With no expenditure<br>on aJournal<br>in this<br>period the fall in funds<br>held during the period|
|charity continuing as <br>concern|||a going|||was small but may require areview of the<br>membership<br>subscriptions<br>(which we have|
|||||||always<br>tried to keep as low as possible)|
|||||||and/or a drive for additional<br>members.<br>A|
|||||||review ofthe calculation ofthe headage|
|||||||payment<br>for subscriptions<br>to The Gardens|
|||||||Trust and the appropriate<br>insurance<br>cover|
|||||||was undertaken.<br>The cost of producing<br>and|
|||||||distributing<br>the occasional Journal<br>will also|
|||||||require review. The bank's decision to|
|||||||charge for all transactions<br>on the account will|
|||||||result in an additional<br>draw on funds<br>but it|
|||||||was felt that attempting<br>to change banks|
|||||||would involve a lot of additional|
|||||||administration<br>which we do not have the|
|||||||capacity to manage<br>and could result<br>in loss|
|||||||ofmember's<br>subscriptions<br>as existing|
|||||||Standin<br>Orders ma<br>not be transferred.|



|You ma<br>c|hoose|t|o include f|urther statement|s<br>where relevant|about||
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||||||Membership|subscriptions||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds<br>(including||||Para 1.47||||
|any fundraising)||||||||
||||||n/a|||
|Investment<br>objectives|policy <br>including||and<br>any|Para 1.46||||
|social investment||policy||||||
|adopted||||||||
||||||The principal|risk facing the charity continues||
||||||to be the difficulty ofgetting new|||
|||||Para 1.46|trustees/su|orters to take u|the|





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|Structure, Governance|and Ma|nagement||
|---|---|---|---|
|Description of charity's||||
|trusts:||||
|Type Of gOVerning<br>dOCument|Para 1.25|Constitution||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO||
|constituted?||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Nomination|at AGM and election to post by|
|including<br>details of any||members|present|
|constitutional<br>provisions e.g.||||
|election to post or name of||||
|any person or body entitled||||
|to appoint one or more||||
|trustees||||



|Policies <br>adopted|and procedures<br> for the induction|and procedures<br> for the induction|and|Para 1.51|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|training|oftrustees||||||||
||||||Close|working|links with, and support||
||||||from,The Gardens Trust nationally|||and|
|The charity's<br>structure<br>and||organisational<br> any wider||Para 1.51|regular<br>Trust|liaison|with the Yorkshire|Gardens|
|network|with|which the|||||||
|charity|works||||||||
|Relationship||with any related||Para 1.51|||||
|parties|||||||||
|Other|||||||||



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|Chari|name|||The Northumbria|Gardens Trust|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the chari|||uses|||
|Re istered chari||number||1187196||
|Charity's|principal|address||Margery<br>Flatts|Farm|
|||||Lanehester||
|||||Co. Durham||
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|ame|s ofthe charity tru|stees who|m|ana|ge the|charity||
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||||||||Nam|
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||||||||body|
||'ftustee name|Office (if|any)|||Dates acted ifnot for whole<br>year|)<br>entitl|
||||||||edto|
||||||||appo|
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||||||||trust|
||||||||ee (if|
|1|Harry Beamish|Chair||||||
|2|Fiona Green|Secretary||||||
|3|Martin Roberts|Membership|||Sec.|||
|4|Nick Owen|Contact|for|||||
|||TGT/other||CGTs||||
|5|Vacant|Journal|Editor|||||
|6|Vacant|Events||||||
|7|Vacant|Treasurer||||||
|8|Moira Jocelyn|||||||
|9|Tom Yellowley|||||||
|10|Tony Smith|||||||
|11|Jane Armstrong|||||||
||Michael Rudd|{Resigned June||||Jan toJune 2021||
|||2021)||||||
|13|John Fitzpatrick|(Died October|||2021)|Jan to October 2021||
|14||||||||
|15||||||||
|16||||||||
|17||||||||
|18||||||||
|19||||||||
|20||||||||



|Name|oftrustees<br>hold|ing<br>title to prope|rty<br>b|elong|ing|to th|e ch|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|'rlustee|name|Dates|acted|ifnot|for|whole|ear|
|n/a||||||||





|Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees|on behalf|on behalf|ofothers|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description<br>ofthe assets|n/a|||||
|held in this capacity||||||
|Name and objects of the||||||
|charity on whose behalf|the|||||
|assets are held and how <br>falls within the custodian|this|t;;p)%|~<br>~<br>~|t ~<br>.<br>'|~|
|charity's<br>objects||||||
|Details ofarrangements|for|||||
|safe custody and||||||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets||||||
|from the charity's<br>own||||||
|assets||||||



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|Names an|d addresses ofadvi|sers (Optional<br>information)|||
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|Type of|Name|Address|||
|adviser|||||
|Name of|chief executive or names ofsenior staff members||(Optional|information)|



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|O|CHARITY COMMISSION<br>Fpp Eggi ANp Agp gALE~|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust<br>Receipts and|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust<br>Receipts and|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust<br>Receipts and|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust<br>Receipts and|The Northumbria<br>Gardens Trust<br>Receipts and|payments|payments|accounts|accounts||CC15a|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Forthe|period|||||||||
||||from||||1/1/21|||31/12/2021|||
|~|J<br>.<br>~|~|~||||||||||
||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Restricted<br>funds||Endowment<br>funds||Total|funds|Last year|
|||tothe nearest<br>6||||tothe nearest 6||to the nearest 6||tothe nearest 6||tothe nearest 5|
|A1 Recei|ts||||||||||||
|Membershi|subscri<br>tions||||||||||305|260|
|Sub total(Gross income for<br>AR)|||||||||||305||
|A2Asset|and investment<br>sales,||||||||||||
|see table|.||||||||||||
||Sub total||||||||||||
||Total receipts||||305|||||||280|
|A3 Pa ments|||||||||||||
|TGTSubscription<br>and insurances|||||||||||||
|Room Hire (L&P)for annual<br>lecture|||||||||||||
||Sub total||||356|||||||660|
|A4Asset|and investment||||||||||||
|urchases,<br>see table|||||||||||||
||Sub total||||||||||||
||Total payments||||356||||||356|960|
|Net of|receiptsl(payments)||||51||||||51|680|
|A5 Transfers<br>between funds|||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year end||||2,698|||||||2,698|2,698|
|Cash|funds this year end|||2,647|||||||2,647|2,018|






||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment|Endowment|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Categories||Details||funds<br>to nearest E|funds<br>to nearest E||funds<br>to nearest E||
|B1Cash|funds||||2,647|||||
|||||Total cash funds|2,647|||||
||||(agree balances|with receipts and payments||||||
|||||account(s))||||||
||||||Unrestricted|Restricted||Endowment||
||||||funds|funds||funds||
||||Details||to nearest E|to nearest E||to nearest E||
|B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||
||||||Fund to which|||Current|value|
||||Details||asset belo|||o|nal|
|B3Investment||assets||||||||
||||Details||Fund to which<br>asset be|Cost (opuonat)||Current <br>o|value<br>al|
|B4Assets retained for the||||||||||
|charity's|own|use||||||||
||||||Fund towhich|Amount|due|When|due|
||||Details||liebi<br>relates|o|nal|o|nal|
|BSLiabilities||||||||||





|Signed <br>behalf|by one or two trustees on<br> ofall the trustees|Signature|Print Name|Date of<br>a<br>roval|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||H.J.H.Beamish|15/10/2022|



