## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/02/2022 Period start date To 31/01/2023 Period end date**
**Charity name: Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage**
## **Charity registration number: 1190224**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the general**
**public in the artistic and cultural heritage**
**of the village of Staithes, North Yorkshire**
**but not exclusively by holding a festival**
**in the village of art and heritage displays,**
**educational events and workshops.**|
|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.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**As stated above, the charity would**
**normally hold an annual festival in the**
**village of Staithes. However, due to the**
**COVID19 pandemic, the trustees decided**
**not to continue with the festival in 2022**
**and the charity remained inactive**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity Commission, but**
**the charity has remained inactive during**
**the period.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **Much consideration is given as to who should benefit from funds raised by the charity** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **through the festival. The potential beneficiary has to be local to the village, has to be related to its continuance and assist with the village as an entity, so that its heritage in both local history terms and its artistic past can continue and flourish into the future. With no festival being held in 2022, some grants were made to local charities and projects from previous funds raised.** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by
volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**As there was no Festival in the period**
**under review, the charity remained**
**dormant until March 2023**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity remained dormant**
**throughout the period and holds no**
**assets and has no liabilities.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The policy regarding the holding of**
**reserves is to hold such funds necessary**
**to ensure the financial adequacy to**
**continue the holding of the annual**
**festival.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£Nil**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The charity has remained dormant due to**
**the aftermath of the COVID19 pandemic**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution document**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|Para 1.25|**The initial trustees are named in the**
**constitution document. Additional**
**trustees are appointed as and when felt**
**appropriate by the existing trustees. They**
**must indicate their willingness to act**
**before their appointment. There must be**
**at least three in number, all must be over**
**16, and at least one must be over 18**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other||**A new trustee board was appointed in**
**August 2022 with a new festival arranged**
**for September 2023.**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|**Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage**|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|**1190224**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Staithes Gallery, High Street, Staithes, Saltburn-by-the-**
**Sea, TS13 5BH**|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||David Linley|Chair|20/08/23 to date||
||John Hamlin|Joint Chair|||
||Kevin Wallace|Treasurer|20/08/23 to date||
||Ian Burke||20/08/23 to date||
||Caroline Paddle|Secretary|20/08/23 to date||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** K A Wallace **Full name(s)** Kevin Andrew Wallace
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
06/11/2023