Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date
01 April 2021 To 31 March 2022
From
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society CIO
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1187777
Charity's principal address Sherwood Observatory
Coxmoor Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Postcode NG17 5LF
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for wholeyear |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
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| Steve Binns | Communications | To 17/03/2022 | ||
| Craig Bradford | Observatory Director | |||
| Scott Creed | Treasurer | |||
| Nigel Cunnington | Radio Astronomy | |||
| Chris Dakin | Optical Astronomy | |||
| Rob Dawes |
Chairman | |||
| Michael Lowe |
Secretary | |||
| Brendan Scoular | Events | |||
| Paul Sherratt | IT & Website |
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| Steve Wallace | Planetarium Planning | To 06/12/2021 | ||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Elected from membership at Annual General Meeting. Trustee selection methods May also be appointed by the trustees (in the case of trustee vacancies (eg. appointed by, elected by) after AGM or trustees leaving positions between AGMs).
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
To promote and advance the education of the public in the theory and practice of astronomy and related subjects.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The provision and maintenance of facilities for the use of the inhabitants of Nottinghamshire and surrounding counties.
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Please refer to Section D.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Please note, this CIO is not currently active, and all our charity activities are being undertaken by the original, unincorporated charity: Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society, registration number 518183. Since registered on 5 February 2020, we have been investigating and are in the process of transferring assets from the original charity to the CIO so that we may complete the process and disband the original charity.
For a full report of our activities for this reporting period, please refer to the original charity.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Plans for the Coming Year
We hope to be able to take the last steps to fully transfer operation to this new Charitable Incorporated Organisation and dissolve our existing charity.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Nigel Cunnington Michael Lowe Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)[Chairman ]
Date 30 January 2023
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