TRULL MEADOW TRUST (Charity Reg in England 1190339) 17 April 202.1 07".14 REPORT OF THE TRUStEES- Year ending 5 April 2025 The Trust was estèb1hed on 28 November 2019 as a voluntary group. It was registered as a Charttable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI with The Chartty Commission in England on 9 July 2020. This is the fifth Report and Accounts of the TnJsL The registered 3ddress of the Tnt is Stable Cottage. Trull Road. Taunton. Somer5et TAI 4QT The Trustee5 during the period of this Report were: Geoffrey Dolling IAppointed 5 20241 Graham Johnson FCA (Resigned 2 May 2024) Wing Cdr Anthony Kent IRet'dl Mrs Eleanor Moore Alan Reeve BA CA Alan Sawyer (Chairl Mrs Jo Wooldridge All Trustees have been in post throughout the year except where stated. They have met at regular intervals throughout 2024125 and have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefrt published by The Charity Commission in exercising their dLrties. The objert of the Trust is to purchase. hold and maintain the 5.84 acre field known as Trull Meadow. Taunton. Somerset for the use and benefit of the local communty, this object being achieved via an appe31 to the community to raise the necessary fvnding for the purchase and ongoing maintenance. In the Trust's first year of operation the purchase was completed on 9 January 2021 in the sum of £150,000 plus legal costs. Fund raising had commenced in March 2020 but was severely hampered by the Covid 19 pandemic in the UK which inevitably slowed fundraIng artwtty. The Tnjstees also appealed for interest-free loans from well-wishers to underwrite the purchase: all such loans were repaid by the Balance Sheet date. Since acquisition a sub group. The Friends of Tnjll Meadow, has been formed and has begun to carry out maintenance work and improvements in the Meadow. On CoMpl10n of purchase the Trustees were pleased to receive a grant of £15,526 in 2023124 from Trull Parish Council. which sum has been applied to immediate improvements to the Meadow's facrltties. The Trustees were please(I to receive commercial sponsorship duringthe 2024125 from Me55rs Robert Cooney of Taunton. The Trust has no specific reserves at present. Any future reserves will be modest and related to the maintenance requirements of the Meadow. The Tfustees are grateful to Mr Peter Nott for acting as Independent Examiner to the Trust. ALAN S Chair of Trustees
TRULL MEADOW TRUST (Charity Reg in England 1190339) 25 May 2022 19".3-. INCOME & EXPENDtruRE ACCOUP 2023n4 Yearended S April 2025 13,120 270 411 tlonations ReoNed. Gift Aided - Non GtftAided -just Givi . Crowdfundir 720 iio 5.116 15.526 Gfft Aid Recovered Grantfrom Tnjll Partsh Countil Sponsorship Other Income 2.203 1,115 35,588 379 2,142 170 370 5,403 Less- Insuran Meadow maintenano etc Other Expenses 379 14.780 115 32.897 Surplus/(Deficit) for year BAiANCESHEEr Assets 150.999 Land at Trull Meadow, Taunton inc costs (see note) 23,012 Cash at Bank 174.011 15.274 {9,871) 150,999 3,141 154,040 Creditor5 Personal Loan5 io.c 164.011 NEfA5SErs Note: Trull Meadow was acquired by the Tn via an Agreement dated 9 January 2021 in the sum of £150,(Xh): this consideration was o)mpleted in April 2023 via ten quarterly payments of £15.¢M) ead) to Queens College, Taunton. ASAWYER { 025