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

**From    01/04/2024    Period start date   To 31/03/2025      Period end date** 

**Charity name: Brecon to Hay Greenway** 

**Charity registration number: 1191079** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote and encourage for the public<br>benefit the development in the community<br>of, and the provision of, safe routes, paths<br>and facilities for walking, cycling and horse<br>riding, based in part on the original routes<br>of the disused railway lines between<br>Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, and to undertake<br>and carry on projects and activities of a<br>charitable nature which will promote<br>community participation in healthy<br>recreation and the protection of the<br>environment.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|1.<br>To engender local support for the<br>creation of a mixed-use path such<br>as above<br>2.<br>To liaise with Powys County Council<br>and other faciliatory bodies during<br>the process of planning and<br>implementation<br>3.<br>To assist with sourcing of funding<br>for the planning and implementation<br>of such a project|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have appraised themselves of<br>the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment 



**N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has commissioned an initial<br>feasibility report and engagement surveys<br>of local residents to establish the premise<br>for the project. We have also<br>commissioned a land ownership survey<br>and have begun contacting landowners to<br>establish their feelings on the project. We<br>have held fundraising and awareness<br>events in order to gauge public feeling<br>about the project and taken field visits to<br>similar projects in the vicinity.<br>The organisation has lobbied council<br>members and politicians with regard to<br>support of the Greenway and similar active<br>travel in the local area, currently poorly<br>served by active travel routes.<br>The organisation has received expressions<br>of support from town and community<br>councils, schools and Brecon Beacons<br>National Park, as well as small businesses.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>n/a|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
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Other 

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|No significant change to financial position.<br>No debt, small reserve.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A small reserve is kept within the charity’s<br>bank account.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Less than £800|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Nil deficit|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>Small amounts have been obtained from<br>local fundraising events. Grant obtained<br>from Brecon Beacons National Park for<br>initial feasibility. Further grants and<br>fundraising may be applied for in order to<br>undertake full feasibility study pending<br>further support from council and<br>government sources.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Little risk due to low cash flow, no debt<br>undertaken, no ongoing financial<br>constraints.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Election to post during annual AGM; self-<br>nomination with support required from two<br>members of the committee, including one<br>trustee**.**No fixed term of operation.<br>Trustees are appointed and serve on a<br>voluntary basis.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**n/a**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Brecon to Hay Greenway|
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|Other name the charity uses|Brecon to Hay Cycle Path (prior to registering as a charity)|
|Registered charity number|1191079|
|Charity’s principal address|Tynewydd<br>Llangorse<br>Brecon<br>Powys<br>LD3 7UA|





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

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Freya Morgan|Chair|Aug2020 topresent||
||Laurence Snowden|Trustee|Aug2020 topresent||
||SallyRaikes|Trustee|Aug2020 topresent||
||Simon Bailey|Trustee|Nov 2025 topresent||
||Thomas Brierley|Trustee|Jan 2026 topresent||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets Nil held in this capacity Name and objects of the Nil charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Nil 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**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**|**Name**<br>**Address**|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**n/a** 

## **Other optional information** 

**n/a** 



## **Accounts** 

## **01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024** 

|**01/04/2023 – 31/03/2024**||
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|Opening balance NatWest Account|£738.54|
|Petty Cash|£0.00|
|Received (donation)|£0.00|
|Withdrawn (digital services and website)|£0.00|
|Closing balance|**£738.54**|





## **Declarations** 

|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**<br>**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**<br>**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Freya Morgan<br>Freer Spreckley<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**<br>**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**<br>**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Freya Morgan<br>Freer Spreckley<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026|**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**<br>**Signed** **on behalf of the charity’s trustees**<br>**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>Freya Morgan<br>Freer Spreckley<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>Chair<br>Treasurer<br>**Date**<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026|
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||Freya Morgan|Freer Spreckley|
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||24/01/2026|24/01/2026<br>24/01/2026|



