Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date To Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 06 04 2024 05 04 2025
Charity name FARMLAND BIRD AID NETWORK
Other names charity is known by
FBAN
Registered charity number (if any) 1192305
Charity's principal address DENE EDGE LAUGHTON HILL STONESFIELD, WITNEY Postcode OX29 8DY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Trustee name Office (if any) year 1 JANE ELLIS CHAIR 1 DEC 2022 2 GENNY EARLY 1 DEC 2022[[HANNAH BOURNE ]] 1 DEC 2022
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3[[HANNAH BOURNE ]] TAYLOR
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4 TOBY SWIFT
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4 TOBY SWIFT 28 JAN 2025 5 WILL DENNIS 28 JAN 2025 6 ANNE MILLER 28 JAN 2025
appoint trustee (if any) BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year N/A
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
CONSTITUTION Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
CIO
- (eg. trust, association, company)
APPOINTED BY TRUSTEES Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
To promote the conservation of farmland bird species, particularly those in decline or at risk of extinction, by working with local communities and landowners, through supplementary feeding, monitoring and habitat restoration and conservation.
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Increasing farmland bird numbers and diversity for the benefit of mankind
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● 60 volunteers, farmers and landowners working together on a local initiative.
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● Monthly surveys and end of year annual survey submitted to British Ornithological data collection website
All trustees are given the Public Benefit Requirement documents PB1 and 2. Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or Summary of the main activities duties to which the guidance is relevant. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Farmland Bird Aid Network receives funds from the general public and small grant bodies local to West Oxfordshire. Our largest donation has been £1679 from Daylesford Organics.
You may choose to include FBAN was provided with four tonnes of bird seed at approximately £500 further statements, where per tonne by the Northeast Cotswold Farmer Cluster for free as a relevant, about: contribution in-kind during this financial year.
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Farmland Bird Aid Network has no investments.
Farmland Bird Aid Network is run by its volunteers. The majority feed the birds on a weekly basis from November to May every year. Some count the birds at the 19 sites on a monthly basis. Others collect the seed and deliver to the sites.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Farmland Bird Aid Network have been able to provide daily feeding during the ‘hungry gap’ for farmland birds at 19 sites across West Oxfordshire with 60 volunteers. Monthly surveys and end of year annual survey. Maintained our website https://farmlandbirdaidnetwork.org/
Continued to circulate a monthly newsletter for volunteers and other interested stakeholders. 12 monthly newsletters were produced during the feeding period to 100 contacts.
Continued to work with the Northeast Cotswolds Farmer Cluster and received free bird feed under their sustainability project. https://www.cotswoldfarmers.org/about
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the FBAN aim to raise £3,000 by the end of January 2029. This is the cost of charity’s policy on reserves a year’s worth of bird seed
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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) Jane Ellis
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair
Date 12 December 2025
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FARMLAND BIRD AID NETWORK
No (if any)
Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y
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| For the period from |
Period start date 6/4/2024 |
To | Period end date 5/4/2025 |
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Section A Receipts and payments
| Unrestricted funds |
Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||||
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| A1 Receipts | to the nearest £ |
to the nearest | £ | to the nearest | £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||||
| Previousyear balance | 3 | 501 | - | - | 3 501 | 3 773 | ||||||||
| Donations | 2 | 076 | 2 000 | - | 4 076 | 554 | ||||||||
| Gift Aid Income | 41 | - | - | 41 | 21 | |||||||||
| Interest | 9 | - | - | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
| Grant | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| ~~(~~ | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| _AR) _ | 5 | 627 | 2 000 | - | 7 627 | 4 355 |
| _AR) _ | 5 627 | 2 000 | - | 7 627 | 4 355 | |||||
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, | ||||||||||
| (see table). | ||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts | 5 627 | 2 000 | - | 7 627 | 4 355 |
A3 Payments
Bank Account Fees |
60 | - | - | 60 | 60 | ||||
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| Insurance | 140 | - | - | 140 | 140 | ||||
| Bird Seed | - | 2 000 | - | 2 000 | - | ||||
| Storage bins /post | - | - | - | - | 54 | ||||
| AnniversaryFARMEd | - | - | - | - | 600 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 200 | 2 000 | - | 2 200 | 854 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
- - - 2 000 - |
- - - 2 000 - |
- - - - - |
- - - - - |
- - - 2 200 5 427 |
- - - 2 200 5 427 |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 854 | |||||||||
| 5 427 | - | - | 5 427 | 3 501 | |||||
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| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 5 427 | - | - | 5 427 | 3 501 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
| Details 5 427 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Details 5 427 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| 5 427 | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||
| 5 427 | - | - | ||||
| OK | ||||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | - | - |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
| Fund to which asset belongs |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| - | - | |||
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Details
| Details | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
Amount due (optional) |
When due (optional) |
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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| Signature | Print Name Jane Ellis Genny Early |
Date of approval |
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| 09-Dec-25 | ||||||
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
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