||**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** |1
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7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||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)**||| |||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 **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. March **2012** **TAR** 2 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. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## **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|| March **2012** **TAR** 4 **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 £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**25,408**|| ||||**390**|**-**| ||||**3,984**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**794**|**1,216**| ||||**420**|**372**| ||||**-**|**45**| ||||**163**|**54**| ||||**13,808**|**1,373**| ||||**-**|**25**| ||||**71**|**-**| ||||**45,037**|**3,085**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**45,037**|**3,085**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**37,135**|**7,626**| ||||**1,190**|**1,527**| ||||**262**|**267**| ||||**-**|**350**| ||||**30**|**180**| ||||**5,393**|**84**| ||||**-**|**200**| ||||**600**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**44,610**|**10,234**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**44,610**|**10,234**| |||||| ||**- 37,424**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**427**|**- 7,149**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**- 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**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||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 con￿mIng 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