2023-08-14-accounts - Conservancy Guardians

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 15 08 2022 14 08 2023

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1191235

Conservancy Guardians

Charity's principal address Kingwell Southill Avenue Harrow Postcode HA1 3PB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Nicholas Kershaw
	Alexander Walker
	Salil Patel

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Foundation model constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Company How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by the Charity Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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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.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO ("the objects") are to promote, for the benefit of the public, the preservation, conservation and protection of East Africa's Summary of the objects of the wildlife and natural heritage, and to advance, for the benefit of the charity set out in its public, education in the principles and practices of conservation. governing document

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Conserving endangered species and the environments on which they depend through community land leases in Mara Region, Kenya and Kisampa Conservancy, Southern Tanzania.

Promoting for the public benefit effective management of habitats populated by endangered species and ensuring the sustainability of such populations in the context of the other uses to which such habitats are put through equipping and training local scouts while promoting low-impact tourism in the areas under lease.

Summary of the main Establishing and promoting the application of a broad set of principles activities undertaken for the standards and criteria designed to ensure that such other uses do not public benefit in relation to have an adverse impact on fulfilling the objective of conserving wildlife these objects (include within habitats. Namely the upkeep and introduction of predator proof this section the statutory structures to the Mara North Mobile Cattle Boma. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance Providing support for the communities surrounding these areas issued by the Charity through school bursaries, school renovation at Ole Moncho School Commission on public benefit) and providing sports equipment. All encouraging the public

Providing support for the communities surrounding these areas through school bursaries, school renovation at Ole Moncho School and providing sports equipment. All encouraging the public engagement in the protection of their natural spaces.

Protection of wildlife through daily monitoring, patrol and snare collection across the protected habitat.

The trustees have read the guidance on public benefit issued by the charities commission. We have also engaged the professional services of Pesh Framjee , Global Head of Social Purpose and Non-Profits, Crowe U.K. LLP to advise us in regard to these guidelines when planning the activities for the charity.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Grant making

The trustees have reviewed and will follow the Charity Commission’s guidance on grants to non-charities and its publication ‘Charities: due diligence, monitoring and verifying the end use of charitable funds.

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

We have a grant application procedure and document.The projects and initiatives that will be supported are based on criteria that support the CIO’s charitable objectives. For example, they must be:

operating within or part of the community surrounding community wildlife conservancies
minimizing negative environmental impact and promoting preservation of wildlife and sustainable land use.
meeting our ideals of sustainable community development through education, training and micro financing with encouragement given to projects that act to empower women and girls.

When making grants to organisations the CIO will make restricted grants only for activities, services or outcomes that will further its charity’s purposes for the public benefit. Where core costs are being funded, they will be limited to those specified activities, services or outcomes. When making grants to individuals any private benefit will be incidental to the charitable purposes.

The CIO will receive feedback on how the funds have been applied and this will be reported to donors within 12 months of the grant payment.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Our fundraising efforts brought in 23,429 GBP by the year end and we had laid good foundations to increase this amount at the beginning of the next financial year.

During this year, we continued protection of the habitat in Tanzania and in Kenya – total of 10,000 acres through conservation land lease and ranger patrols. The area on ranger patrol and responsibility in Kisampa Conservancy was increased by 4000 Hectares with the inclusion of the block belonging to Gongo Village.

We assisted with school fees through bursaries, school improvements with rainwater catchment systems and reduced human wildlife conflict through upkeeping predator proof cattle enclosures in Mara North Conservancy.

We continued to assist a ranger team collecting snares on the escarpment north of the Serengeti NP.

We added a school meals program in two locations in Laikipia which provided two meals per day to 700 children in the second half of this financial year, increasing attendance at these two school by over 20%.

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Section E Financial review

The charities policy on reserves was discussed and agreed at our board Brief statement of the meeting, June 2022. We will maintain an amount within the charity charity’s policy on reserves account to be utilized as and when an unexpected grant requirement arises.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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Further financial review details (Optional information)

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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

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Salil Patel Full name(s) Nicholas James Kershaw Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee Trustee etc) Date 29th April 2023

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Charity Name No (if any) Conservancy Guardians 1191235 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To from 8/15/2022 8/14/2023

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts brought forward - Donations 23,429 Account Interest 28 - - - - - 23,457 - - Sub total - Total receipts 23,457 A3 Payments Grants and Donations Paid 20,250 Bank Charges Paid 56 - - - - - - - Sub total 20,306 - - Sub total - Total payments 20,306 Net of receipts/(payments) 3,151 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 12,413 Cash funds this year end 15,564 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)	to the nearest £ Restricted funds	to the nearest £ Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details brought forward donations balance Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ 12,413 - 3,151 - - - 15,564 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval

Nicholas James Kershaw		4/29/2024
Salil Patel		4/29/2024