## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Charity number 1187885
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2022
## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6|
**Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position** Colin Booker Chair Francis Hickenbottom Treasurer Michael William Rose Trustee Rebecca Bailey Trustee Craig Schofield Trustee **Charity number** 1187885 Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and principal address**
Ashtree House Little Hemsworth Hemsworth Pontefract WF9 4BH
## **Bankers**
Co-operative Bank 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP
## **Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 11 February 2020
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
To promote, for the benefit of the public, the study and support of peregrine falcons within the Wakefield district and surrounding area.
## **The charity's main activities**
The charity maintains a nest box and three live cameras on Wakefield Cathedral. Video from the cameras is streamed to the internet. A number of controlled Social media formats are used to allow supporters of the charity to interact.
The charity also arranges viewing days, when members of the public can see the peregrines and learn more about the species and the problems it faces.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular on environment, conservation and heritage.
## **Achievements and performance**
Messages of appreciation continued to be received from people throughout the world, many of whom have benefited from engaging with the peregrines and other supporters of the project through the internet during the periods of isolation that Coronavirus enforced.
National and local TV and newspapers gave good coverage of the Wakefield peregrines throughout the year. Highlighting the beneficial effects of people engaging with nature and encouraging them to be involved.
The charity’s trustees have assisted a local group to establish a nest box for peregrines on a church within the Wakefield MDC area.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £139, all relating to unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £3,108.
The trustees agreed a Reserves Policy at the AGM held 3 February 2022.
a} The Lower Limit will be £2,000. This being the minimum amount considered necessary to cover the maintenance of equipment and the running costs of the Charity for 2 years.
b) The Upper Limit will be £5,000. Any amounts above this can, at the trustees discretion, be transferred to a deposit account for use on the Charity’s projects.
Approved by the board of trustees on 21/01/2023
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Receipts and payments account
## for the year ended 31 December 2022
|Notes
**Receipts**
Donations
(2)
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Line rental
Streaming
Printing and stationery
Equipment
Website
Maintenance
Accountancy
**Total payments**
**Net receipts**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2022
Total
funds
£
1,323
1,323
400
142
-
-
424
74
144
1,184
139
2,969
3,108|2021
Total
funds
£
1,997
1,997
441
163
113
600
20
40
180
1,557
440
2,529
2,969|
|---|---|---|
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2022
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**|2022
Total
£
3,108
3,108|2021
Total
£
2,969
2,969|
|---|---|---|
|**Assets retained for the charity's own use**
2 HD Security cameras and video recording equipment
Projector
HD camera
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2022
£
150
150|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 21/01/2023
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 December 2022
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
All funds are unrestricted (general) funds and are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
|**2 Donations**
Charities Aid Foundation
Other donations|2022
Total
funds
£
729
594
1,323|2021
Total
funds
£
1,684
313
1,997|
|---|---|---|
## **3 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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