## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 17/01/2020 To 31/12/2020** **Charity name: Necton Area Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1187430** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|•
To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of
Necton and the surrounding area the provision of
facilities for recreation or other leisure time
occupation of individuals who have need of such
facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or
disablement, financial hardship or social and
economic circumstances or for the public at large in
the interests of social welfare and with the object of
improving the condition of life of the said
inhabitants.
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To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in
the interests of social welfare for recreation or other
leisure time occupation of individuals who have
need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age,
infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social
circumstances with the object of improving their
conditions of life.| |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|Our sole project this year has been developing an
overgrown parcel of parish council owned land into a
community woodland for the benefit of the village of
Necton. Our fundraising activities have raised finances
from grants specifically for this project. Our website,
blog and social media channels aim to provide the
community with timely updates on the project.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm that we have read guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit and believe we
have acted in accordance with such guidance.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policyongrant making|Para 1.38|We did not make any grants during2021.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable at present.| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Covid restrictions have curtailed our involvement of
volunteers during 2020.| |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|2020 was our first year of operation and our focus was
on developing an approach to our first project –
working with the owner of the land (Necton Parish
Council) to turn an overgrown plot of land into a
community woodland. Benefits of our activities on this
project at the end of 2020:
•
Better environmental habitat for wildlife following
initial clearance activities
•
Community engagement on the project and
registrations of volunteer interest (Covid curtailed
our ability to have volunteers working onsite)
•
External funding secured to develop the site.| ## **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|We operate on a cash accounting basis and our year-
ending 2020 accounts show a final balance of £2,934
in the bank and no outstanding liabilities.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Our policy is to hold sufficient funds to maintain our
administrative costs. We have no physical assets to
consider.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|A cash reserve of £1,000.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None.| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None.| ## **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|| |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|Constitution based on the Charity Commission
‘foundation’model.| |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|Para 1.25|5-year term off office. Appointment by decision of
current trustees. New trustees received a copy of
constitution, Annual Report and accounts, plus access| any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees to previous minutes. No external body has entitlement to appoint 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** |Charity name|Necton Area Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1187430| |Charity’s principal address|6 Brackenwoods, Necton. Swaffham
Norfolk
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||PhilipHayton|Chairman||N/A| ||Gabrielle Joyce|Treasurer||N/A| ||Paul Young|Trustee||N/A| ||Fraser Bateman|Trustee||N/A| ||Edith Alice Spain|Minutes Secretary||N/A| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **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)** Gabrielle Joyce **Full name(s)** Gabrielle Joyce **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 8 April 2021 ||**Necton Area Trust**|**Necton Area Trust**|**Necton Area Trust**|**Necton Area Trust**|**Necton Area Trust**|**1187430**|**1187430**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||17/01/2020||**To**|31/12/2020||| |||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants|**-**||**2,267**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,267**||**-**| |Donations|**1,422**||**-**|||**1,422**||**-**| |Fundraising|**195**||**-**|||**195**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**1,617**||**2,267**||**-**|**3,884**||**-**| |||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||| ||**-**||||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||||| ||||||**-**|**3,884**||**-**| |||||||||| |Website|**173**||||**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**173**||**-**| |Insurance|**267**|||||**267**||**-**| |Marlpitproject costs|**-**|||||**510**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**440**|||||**950**||**-**| |||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||| ||**-**||||**-**
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**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||| ||||||**-**|**950**||**-**| |||||||||| ||**1,177**||||**-**|**2,934**||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**| ||**1,177**||||**-**|**2,934**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/04/2021 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**Details**
Cash in bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,177**
**-**
**-**
**1,177**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,757**
**-**
**-**
**1,757**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature
2|Print Name
Gabrielle Joyce
Paul Young|Date of
approval| |---|---|---| |||**18-Feb-21**| |||**18-Feb-21**| |||01/04/2021| CCXX R2 accounts (SS)