## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Charity number 1187885
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
|**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 2023
## **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) foundation formed on 11 February 2020 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **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 nestbox and three cameras on Wakefield Cathedral. Video from two cameras is streamed to the internet. 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**
Using our nestbox, peregrines achieved a ninth successive breeding season in 2023. Viewers in over fifty countries followed the progress of the birds and many people were able to learn more about peregrines and the problems that they face via our social media platforms and our public viewing days.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year were £259, all relating to unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £2,849.
The reserves policy is as follows:
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 02/03/2024
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2023
|Notes
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Line rental
Streaming
Website
Maintenance
Accountancy
Education
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2023
Total
funds
£
928
928
480
150
57
-
150
350
1,187
(259)
3,108
2,849|2022
Total
funds
£
1,323
1,323
400
142
424
74
144
-
1,184
139
2,969
3,108|
|---|---|---|
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2023
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**|2023
Total
£
2,849
2,849|2022
Total
£
3,108
3,108|
|---|---|---|
## **Assets retained for the charity's own use**
|2 HD Security cameras and video recording equipment
Projector
HD camera
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2023
£
170
170|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 02/03/2024
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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Notes to the accounts continued
## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
for the year ended 31 December 2023
## **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.
|**Grants and donations**
Charities Aid Foundation
Other donations|2023
Total
funds
£
518
410
928|2022
Total
funds
£
729
594
1,323|
|---|---|---|
## **2 Grants and donations**
## **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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