**To** 


## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 01 January 2023 31 December 2023 

**From** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** Oscar Montgomery Environmental Foundation **Other names charity is known by** OMEF **Registered charity number (if any)** 1190365 **Charity's principal address** Suite 2 Fairgate House 205 Kings Road Tyseley Birmingham **Postcode** B11 2AA 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Simon ALBRINGTON|Chair|||
||Hannah LIMBERGER|Secretary|||
||Dr SundeepDHILLON MBE|Treasurer|||



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

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

## **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** 

- Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

Constitution 

CIO 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointed by existing trustees following Charity Commission guidance Trustee selection methods ‘Finding new trustees’ updated 07 March 2024 (eg. appointed by, elected by) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/finding-new-trusteescc30/finding-new-trustees 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

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

The charity uses Charity Commission resources: ‘Charity trustee welcome pack’ updated 01 October 2024 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-trustee-welcomepack/charity-trustee-welcome-pack 

- 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. 

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## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

|**Summary of the objects of the**<br>**charity set out in its**<br>**governing document**<br>**Summary of the main**<br>**activities undertaken for the**<br>**public benefit in relation to**<br>**these objects (include within**<br>**this section the statutory**<br>**declaration that trustees have**<br>**had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public**<br>**benefit)**|1. To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the<br>physical and natural environment.<br>2. To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection<br>and improvement of the physical and natural environment.|
|---|---|
||The charity spent much of the funds raised since it was founded on sea<br>turtle conservation projects in 2022.<br>In 2023 the charity’s activities have concentrated on:<br>-<br>refreshing branding, marketing, website and social media messaging<br>-<br>fundraising - our cash nearly doubled from £13.9k to £25.6k<br>The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the<br>Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance<br>published by the Charity Commission.<br>Whilst we have not made any grants this year, we have increased our<br>social media messaging improving awareness of conservation.|



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## **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. 

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## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The charity has been active in fundraising and engaging with supporters, both individually and also as part of The Great North Swim 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The charity has been consolidating our financial assets to a level where we can maintain a reserve and hopefully fund projects next year. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

None 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

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

None 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

**Section F                     Other optional information** 

None 

## **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)** Dr Sundeep DHILLON MBE Hannah LIMBERGER **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer Secretary **etc) Date** 31st October 2024 

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|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Oscar Montgomery **|**Foundation**|**1190365**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/01/2023<br>Period start date|31/12/2023<br>Period end date<br>**To**|||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **14,324**<br>**2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **2,617**<br>**11,707**<br>**-**<br>**13,891**<br>**25,598**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,324**<br>**2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,617**<br>**11,707**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,324**<br>**2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,617**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,617**<br>**11,707**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|**14,324**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**14,324**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
|Advertising& Marketng|**2,617**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**2,617**|||||**-**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
||||||||
||**11,707**|**-**|**-**|**11,707**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**13,891**|**-**|**-**|**13,891**||**-**|
||**25,598**|**-**|**-**|**25,598**||**-**|



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

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|Co-Op<br>**Details**<br>1|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**25,598**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Co-Op|**25,598**|**-**|**-**|
||1|**-**|**-**|**-**<br>28/10/2024|





||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**_Total cash funds_**||**25,598**||**-**||**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|||||||
||account(s))||OK||OK||OK|
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**||**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
||||||**-**|||
|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name|||Date of<br>approval|
||||Dr Sundeep Dhillon MBE (Treasurer)||||28-Oct-24|
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