**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 24/06/2020 To 31/03/2021**
## **Charity name: Bluespace Access and Conservation Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1190101**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|
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|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as 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, particularly**
**but not exclusively by:**
**Protecting, promoting, enhancing or extending**
**public paths and waterways**
**Promoting good practice and raising awareness**
**by providing information relating to the**
**preservation, conservation and improvement of**
**the environment and biodiversity**
**To promote for the benefit of the public the**
**provision of facilities for healthy recreation or**
**other leisure time occupation with the object of**
**improving their condition of life.**|
|Summary of the main activities in
relation to those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|**The charity was formed early in the Covid**
**pandemic, and for this reason, little or nothing**
**could be done in terms of working directly with**
**volunteers or the public during the period of this**
**report.**
**The charity’s main activity during this period was**
**‘on-line’:**
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**continuing the work of our founding group:**
**Waters of Wales – Dyfroedd Cymru, such as:**
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**responding to existing government**
**consultations and reports;**
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**responding to government (Welsh and**
**Westminster) consultations and measures**
**implemented during the pandemic where**
**these impacted on the public benefit in**
**relation to the charity’s purposes;**
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**responding to planning applications where**
**these have the potential to impact on the**
**public benefit as relevant to the charity’s**
**purposes;**
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**making links with othergroups/charities;**|
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**updating and adding to trustees’ knowledge**
**in relevant areas (e.g. river pollution;**
**biological recoding; rights of way; planning**
**and finance) by means of on-line courses,**
**seminars and meetings;**
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**maintaining and increasing the on-line**
**supporter base through the facebook groups;**
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**disseminating information relevant to the**
**charity’s purposes through the facebook**
**groups.**|
|---|---|
|Statement confirming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit|**The trustees have at all times had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity Commission on**
**public benefit, and all our activities are**
**benchmarked against our charitable purposes.**|
**The charity is not a grant maker.** Policy on grant making **The charity has not undertaken social investment.** Policy on social investment including program related investment **During the period, all the work of the charity has been done by volunteers. Given that, due to Covid restrictions, this has been almost entirely**
**of an ‘essential’ nature related to the set-up and running of the charity, and WIP as outlined** Contribution made by volunteers **above; this voluntary work has been carried out mostly by the trustees.**
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
- Summary of the main **In accordance with our forward plan the charity has:** achievements of the charity, - **Monitored planning enquiries, reports on pollution** identifying the difference the **incidents, Welsh Government discussions around** charity’s work has made to **relevant issues; and responded to where** the circumstances of its **appropriate.** beneficiaries and any wider - **Benchmarked outcomes from the consultation** benefits to society as a **against our charitable purposes; and responded** whole. **accordingly;** - **Expanded and built on relationships with environmental and educational organisations; contributing to the work of some of these on a ‘committee’ level to preparing resource matter and/or information to promote sustainable practice for outdoor recreation; the benefits of sustainable recreation in, on or beside water; constraints placed on public enjoyment of these benefits by pollution and/or restrictions on access to water and waterside.**
- - **While Covid restrictions did not allow us to continue with visits to archive offices and major libraries; where possible we have carried out and/or contributed to research.**
**Two of the trustees have taken part in ‘Citizen Science’ projects with a view to incorporating this into volunteer programmes.**
**The charity has continued to make the case for inclusive provision of opportunities for recreation in green and bluespace and for protection of green and bluespace for wildlife and the enjoyment of the current and future generations.**
**Working online, we have been able to give advice and support to people working independently on a voluntary basis to research rights of way or navigation issues.**
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|**The charity’s bank balance is adequate to meet**
**current and anticipated liabilities given the level of**
**activity. However, fund-raising will be needed to carry**
**out future aspirations.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|**It is not the charity’s policy to hold reserves, beyond**
**an appropriate level of working capital.**|
|Amount of reserves held|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|**N/A**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Currently, funds are raised from individual donations. The charity has set up a page on a fund-raising site for donations; and is exploring other sources of funding for specific projects.** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)
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The charity does not carry out any investment or
social investment activity.
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal The principal risk facing the charity is that the
risks facing the charity pandemic continues to present make it difficult to
plan activities with volunteers or the public.
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Structure, Governance**|**and Management**|
|---|---|
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|**CIO Foundation Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|**The three existing ‘admins’ of the founding group**
**became trustees of the charity by mutual consent. A**
**fourth person was invited to become a trustee; by**
**common consent of the original three.**
**The charity has a policy to review/renew the**
**appointment of each existing trustee on a rotating**
**basis, with staggered review dates to ensure a degree**
**of continuity.**
**Future appointments will be by invitation and decision**
**of the existing trustees.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bluespace Access and Conservation Trust|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|BAThE
Bluespace Access Throughout England|
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Bluespace ACT
Dyfroedd Cymru
Waters of Wales
WoW
Registered charity number 1190101
Charity’s principal address International House
10 Churchill Way
Cardiff
CF10 2HE
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Ivan Lawler Chair Invitation of founding group.
Robert William Treasurer Member of rounding group.
2
Mackay
3 Pamela Susan Bell Secretary Member of founding group.
4 Andrew Quick Member of founding group.
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
The charity does not hold funds on behalf of others.
## **Advisers**
From time to time the charity takes advice from appropriately qualified or experienced persons, on an ‘as needed’ basis. It does not have retained advisers.
## **Staff**
The charity does not employ staff.
## **Other optional information**
We have no other optional information to report.
## **Declarations**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Pamela Susan Bell **Position)** Secretary **Date** 21 January 2022
|**Name**|||**Number**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Bluespace Access and Conservation Trust**|||**1190101**|||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For**|24/06/2020
Period start date
**the period**
**from**|**To**|31/01/2021
Period end date|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**228**
**-**
**-**
**228**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**228**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**290**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**62**
**228**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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|Donations|**290**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**290**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Web hosting|**62**|||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**62**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**
**(see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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||**228**|**-**|**-**|
**228**||**-**|
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||**228**|**-**|**-**|**228**||**-**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/01/2022
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Solicitor Fees advanced by P. Bell.
**Details**
Bank
Cash in hand
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**227**
**-**
**11**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**238**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**600**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/01/2022
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