2023-03-31-accounts - Dane Bank Green Space CIO

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	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
	From	Period start date			To	Period end date
		01	April	2022		31	March	2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Dane Bank Green Space CIO

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1189904

Charity's principal address 30 Windermere Avenue

Denton Manchester Postcode M34 2EN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Robert John Rutt	Chair
Josie Hamnett	Treasurer
Katherine Clare Mary McLoughlin	Trustee	Role terminated 22 March 2023 due to non- attendance.
Amanda Claire Jones	Trustee
Colin Stuart Ingham	Trustee
Daniel McKay	Trustee	Resigned 22 March 2023
Moira Kerr Hanson	Trustee	Resigned 22 March 2023

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
	NONE

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address
NONE



Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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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)

Trustee selection methods

Elected

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity, environmental awareness and wildlife protection.
To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.

At the start of the financial year (April 2022) the Charity’s status was as follows:

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)

A 25-year Lease and Licence had been sealed by Tameside Council for two sites (1.2 hectares) including three ponds.
Subleases for four undertenants had been finalised in November 2021 (Dane Bank Angling Club, Kids Go Wild Forest School, Tameside’s People 4 Wildlife and the DBGS Community Group)
Full planning permission had been granted by Tameside MBC to undertake a range of site improvements.
A contractor had been appointed to undertake Phase 1 site improvements partly funded by grants from the Big Lottery and Postcode Lottery (£32,500)
A Just Giving page had been set up to raise additional funds to meet the balance of costs for Phase 1 site improvements.

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Activities undertaken during 2022-23 for public benefit in relation to our charitable objectives:

Trustees approved policies on Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and Volunteering in April 2022.
Phase 1 construction work (access, vehicle track, car park, circulatory footpath, fencing and gate) was completed in July 2022 at a total cost of £44,000 funded from Lottery grants, fundraising and donations.
A Grand Opening Day was held 30 July 2022 with our local MP Andrew Gwynne cutting the red ribbon. All three Ward Councillors attended along with hundreds of local residents including many young children. The Charity raised £420 with good coverage in the local press.
A grant of £2k from the Manchester Airport Community Fund paid for signboards at the entrance to the Charity’s two sites which were installed in November 2022.
A Community Hedge and Tree Planting Day was held 26 November 2022 with 200 saplings planted by volunteers.
A grant of £2k from the Greater Manchester High Sheriff’s Police Trust was used to install a swing gate in December 2022 at the entrance to the Windsor Road Fields to improve security and address anti-social behaviour.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Lifting of Covid restrictions in February 2022 allowed the Charity to progress appointment of a contractor to undertake Phase 1 site improvements. On 30 July 2022 the Main Site was formally opened to the public. Further grants were secured to install signboards and a security swing gate. Hedge and tree planting in Autumn further enhanced the natural environment for wildlife and visitors.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

The Charity holds no significant reserves and derives its operational income from rent received from subtenants supplemented by grants, fund raising activities and donations.

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

During 2022-23 the Charity’s principal sources of income were:  Rents £794

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Events £420
relevant about:  Grants £3,984
the charity’s principal  Just Giving £13,808
sources of funds (including  Amazon Smile £163 any fundraising);  SUMUP £71
how expenditure has  Donations £390 supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Robert John Rutt	Mark Astley (appointed 15 July 2023)
	Chair	Treasurer
	17 May 2024

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Dane Bank Green Space CIO No (if any) 1189904

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 4/1/2022 3/31/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Cash Balance Year End 2021/22 25,408 Donation 390 Grants(M/cr Airport/High Sheriff) - Post Code Local Trust Grant - Rental Income from Undertennants - Events(Taster Day/Summer Fair) 420 StandingOrders and Donations - Amazon Smile 163 Just Giving 13,808 Tree Sponsor - SUM UP 71 40,260 - - Sub total - Total receipts 40,260 A3 Payments Groundwork Project Fees - Tameside Council Site Rental - Public LiabilityInsurance 262 Leaflet Printing - Room Hire 30 Service Supplier Charges 1,517 Registration of Subleases (Land Registry) - Site Maintenance 600 - Sub total 2,409 - - Sub total - Total payments 2,409 Net of receipts/(payments) 37,851 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 37,851 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ - - 3,984 - 794 - - - - - - 4,778 - - - 4,778 37,135 1,190 - - - 3,876 - - - 42,201 - - - 42,201 - 37,424 - - - 37,424 Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 25,408 390 3,984 - 794 420 - 163 13,808 - 71 45,037 - - - 45,037 37,135 1,190 262 - 30 5,393 - 600 - 44,610 - - - 44,610 427 - - 427	Last year to the nearest £
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			794	1,216
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			13,808	1,373
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			45,037	3,085

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		- - - - - - - - - -	37,135	7,626
			1,190	1,527
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			44,610	10,234

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	- 37,424	- - - -	427	- 7,149
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	- 37,424		427	- 7,149

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - Agreement Error Agreement Error to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Robert Rutt(Chair) Mark Astley (Treasurer) Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Robert Rutt(Chair)	5/9/2024
		Mark Astley (Treasurer)	5/9/2024

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Dane Bank Green Space CIO On accounts for the year ended March 2023 Charity no lif any) 1189904 Sèt out on pages 1and2 I report to the trustees on my exarnination of the accounts of the above charty {Yhe Trusf} for the year ended 3110312023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). I pOrt in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examinerfs statement rne to my attention in connection wrth the examination (other than that disclosed bel¢)w ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordano wrth section 130 of the Charities Act," or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conmIng the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no conc8ms and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the a¢¢ounts to be reached. Please delete the wonys in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 29.05.2024 Name: Christopher Tarrant, ACA Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (rfany): ICAEW- Chartered Accountant Address: 12 Repton Avenue, Denton, Manchester, M34 2LD IER Oct 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brfef details of any items that the examiner wishes to disc103e. NIA IER Oct 2018