## **Trustees’ Annual Report**
**10 November 2020 (date of registration) to 31 July 2021 Charity name: The Radley Lakes Trust**
**Charity registration number: 1192259**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP
reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To advance the protection or
purposes of the charity improvement of the
as set out in its environment of the Radley
governing document
Lakes Area, by preserving,
conserving, protecting,
enhancing and managing the
landscape, the terrestrial and
aquatic life of the area and their
habitats.
To advance education in
environmental matters in
relation to the Radley Lakes
Area, by supporting, promoting
and encouraging the provision
of information and instruction
about such matters.
To advance science by
supporting, promoting and
encouraging research into the
environment of the Radley
Lakes Area and its conservation,
and the dissemination of the
results of such research.
To advance human health by
supporting, promoting and
encouraging activities in the
Radley Lakes Area which
contribute to the maintenance
and improvement of human
physical and mental health and
well-being.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 Finalising and launching the
and 1.19
activities in relation to Masterplan for the Radley Lakes
those purposes for the area
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public benefit, in particular, the activities, Preparing the initial projects to be projects or services implemented in 2021-22. identified in the accounts. Dialogue with stakeholders and the local community Putting in place sound governance arrangements for the Trustee Board and its relationship with the Trust’s Advisory Panel and wider membership Statement confirming Para 1.18 Yes whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
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SORP reference
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
The Trust proactively sought
Para 1.38 volunteers and drew up a list of all
Contribution made by those interested in helping, whether
volunteers in the field or the back office.
Volunteers are very important to the
functioning of the Trust.
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
||Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|2020-21 was a start up year, planning
for activities in later years which
would bring public beneft.
The main achievement was the
fnalisation of the Radley Lakes
Masterplan, launched in May 2021
with a very favourable response.
The Masterplan sets the foundations
for a series of projects which will
safeguard and enhance natural life
and widen access to the Lakes area,
with benefts to health, well-being and
education||
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 During this start-up year the Trust had
financial position at the income of £5,500 and no expenditure.
end of the period The end-year balance was £5,500.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 The balance above was earmarked for
the policy for holding expenditure in 2021-22, not held as a
reserves stating why general reserve.
they are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 There is at present no policy to hold a
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 general reserve. The Trust has no
reserves ongoing liabilities and is able to raise
funds for specific projects ahead of
the need to commit expenditure.
This position will however be
reviewed when the Trust begins to
enter a more mature period.
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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During 2020-21 two grants were
received: one of £5,000 towards
The charity’s principal signage and interpretation boards and
sources of funds Para 1.47 one of £500 towards basic running
(including any costs. In both cases these grants were
fundraising) carried forward for expenditure in
2021-22
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Trust constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 On registration the Trust had five
methods including founder trustees. At the end of the
details of any period there were seven in all.
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or Radley Parish Council RPC), Abingdon-
name of any person or on-Thames Town Council (ATC) and
body entitled to appoint Friends of Radley Lakes (FRL) each
one or more trustees have the right to nominate one
trustee each.
ATC decided not to exercise their
right.
FRL nominated one of the founder
members (Roger Thomas). RPC
nominated Lynda Crowley, who
became the sixth trustee.
The seventh trustee was Andrew
Ashton, who became chair following
his appointment.
Active recruitment was not pursued in
2020-21 but plans were made for
recruitment of further trustees in
2021-22, mainly through
advertisement.
The Trust has criteria which all must
meet if to serve on the Trustee Board.
This applies to founder members and
those nominated as well as those
recruited.
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Policies and procedures adopted for the Para 1.51 induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure Para 1.51
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and any wider network
with which the charity
works
The Trust agreed a Memorandum of
Understanding with Radley Parish
Relationship with any Para 1.51 Council. This provides procedures for
related parties grant paid by RPC to RLT and ensures
appropriate liaison on matters of
common interest (such as the Radley
Lakes Masterplan) but safeguards the
independence of both bodies. .
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name The Radley Lakes Trust
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1192259
number
Charity’s principal 46/48 Lower Radley
address Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 3AY
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Andrew Ashton Chair from 26 Trustee from 22
1
April 2020 March 2020
Mike Wilson Chair until 26
April 2020 and
2
Deputy Chair
thereafter.
Lynda Crowley Treasurer Trustee from 18 Nominated by Radley
3
January 2020 Parish Council
4 Richard Dudding Secretary
Roger Thomas Nominated by Friends of
5
Radley Lakes
David
6
Guyoncourt
7 David Fraser
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
None
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None 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
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
## **Type of Name Address adviser**
An Advisory Panel was appointed at the very end of the reporting period. Details will be provided in the report for 2021-22
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
No staff members
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **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)**
**Full name(s)** Richard Scarbrough Dudding
**Position (eg** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 28 February 2022
The Radley Lakes Trust Accounts For the Part Year 10th November 2020 to 31 July 2021
||**Prior Year**||**Net**|**Net**|
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|**Income**|**31.7.2020**|**Income Description**|**Income 2021**|**Outgoings 2021**|
|£|-|Grants Received|£ 5,500.00||
|£|-|Membership Fees|||
|£|-|Interest Rec'd|||
|£|-|Fundraising Income/Stalls|||
|£|-|Fundraising Events|||
|£|-|Donations|||
|£|-|Donations via Website|||
|**£**|**-**|**Total Income**|**£ 5,500.00**||
|**Expenditure**||**Expenditure Description**|||
|£|-|Legal Fees||£ -|
|£|-|Fundraising Expenses|||
|£|-|Publicity||£ -|
|£|-|General Administration||£ -|
|||Commissioned Work|||
|£|-|Public Liability Insurance||£ -|
|£|-|Subscriptions Afliated Bodies||£ -|
|£|-|Website Hosting||£ -|
|||Bank Charges|||
|**£**|**-**|**Total Expenditure**||**£ -**|
|||**Excess of Expenditure over Income for year to**|||
||**£0.00**|**31st July 2021**||**£ 5,500.00**|
|||**Balance Sheet**|||
|£|-|Opening Balances at 1st August 2020||£ -|
|£|-|Plus income||£ 5,500.00|
|£|-|Less Expenditure||£ -|
|**£**|**-**|Balance for year to 31st July 2021||**£ 5,500.00**|
|**Funds made**|**up of the following**||||
|Opening Balances 1st August 2020||||Closing Balance 31st July 2021|
|£|-|Cash at Bank 31 July 2021||£ 5,500.00|
|£|-|Cash on Deposit||£ -|
|**£**|**-**|**Closing Balance at HSBC at 31st July 2021**||**£ 5,500.00**|
|£|-|**Creditors (Cheques not Cleared)**||**£ -**|
|£|-|**Debtors (Receipts bankied after year end)**||**£ -**|
|**£**|**-**|**Balance at Bank at year end**||**£ 5,500.00**|
|**£**|**-**|**CAF Web Donations**|||
|£|-|Petty Cash|||
|**£**|**-**|**Total All funds**||**£ 5,500.00**|
|£|-|Opening Reserves 10th November 2020||£ -|
|£|-|Net Gain or Loss Year ended 31stJuly 2021||£ 5,500.00|
|**£**|**-**|Closing Reserves 3st July 2021||**£ 5,500.00**|
**Treasurer's Report**
The statements of account for the year ended 31st July 2021 set out above have been prepared from the books and records of The Radley Lakes Trust and are in accordance therewith.
Signed
Lynda Crowley Treasurer Date 17th February 2021