## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Charity number 1187885
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
The Wakefield Peregrine Project
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**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 2024
## **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 Rose Rebecca Bailey Craig Schofield **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 2024
## **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**
WPP has continued to maintain a nestbox on Wakefield Cathedral and to provide live feeds, available online, from cameras showing activity in the nestbox. WPP has also held peregrine-watch sessions in Wakefield city centre. These activities and output on our Facebook group and in the media have allowed members of the public to learn about the peregrines and the threats that they continue to face.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £212, all on unrestricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £3,061.
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 01/03/2025
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2024
|Notes
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
Line rental
Streaming
Website
Accountancy
Education
Donation
**Total payments**
**Net receipts / (payments)**
**Fund balances brought forward**
**Fund balances carried forward**|2024
Total
funds
£
1,118
1,118
480
147
59
170
-
50
906
212
2,849
3,061|2023
Total
funds
£
928
928
480
150
57
150
350
-
1,187
(259)
3,108
2,849|
|---|---|---|
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## The Wakefield Peregrine Project Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2024
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
**Total cash funds**
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2024
Total
£
3,061
3,061
2024
£
170
170|2023
Total
£
2,849
2,849|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 01/03/2025
Colin Booker (Trustee)
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Notes to the accounts continued
## The Wakefield Peregrine Project
for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **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**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
|**2 Grants and donations**
Charities Aid Foundation
Other donations|2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
568
550
1,118|2024
Restricted
funds
£
-|2024
Total
funds
£
568
550
1,118|2023
Total
funds
£
518
410
928|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **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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