**Trustees' Annual Report for the period From** Period start date **T** Period end date 02 12 2020 **o** 01 12 2021 Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** FATHOMS FREE **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any)** 1196183 **Charity's principal address** 16 LOWER CLICKER ROAD, MENHENIOT LISKEARD **Postcode PL14 3PJ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Name of person (or body) Dates acted if not for Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee whole year (if any)** 1 John Kent Chair of Trustees 2 Julian Collison Treasurer 3 Luke Bullus Diving Officer 4 Eleanor Speirs Secretary 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
## **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
**Constitution**
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
**CIO** How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
**Appointed on initial creation of charity - any changes by** Trustee selection methods **election** (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
**Written Risk assessments in place for diving activities** You **may choose** to include **and boat usage with site and conditions specific risk** additional information, **assessments completed at each event and dive details** where relevant, about: **recorded by dive manager for each dive** ●[policies and procedures ] **All personnel suitably trained and qualified for the** adopted for the induction **activities they are engaged in.** 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**
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|**Summary of the objects**
**of the charity set out in**
**its governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for**
**the public beneft 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 beneft)**|**To preserve and improve the marine environment around**
**the coast of the United Kingdom & to to conserve, relieve**
**the sufering of and promote the bio-diversity of marine**
**wildlife with the use of volunteer divers and surface**
**supporters by, but not limited to:**
**1. Locating, documenting, retrieving and responsibly**
**disposing of Abandoned, Discarded and Lost Fishing Gear**
**(also known as Ghost Gear), releasing and where**
**possible returning entrapped marine wildlife to its**
**natural habitat.**
**2. Locating, documenting, retrieving and responsibly**
**disposing of underwater, foating and coastal marine**
**litter, focussing on but not limited to Marine Plastics**
**3. Supporting the local resident population, the**
**signifcant coastal tourism industry and the resident**
**fshing communities by minimising the litter and ghost**
**gear hazards to make the beaches and coastal seas a**
**safer place to enjoy and minimising unnecessary damage**
**to local fsh stocks killed by ghost gear.**
**4. Collecting and distributing data on the distribution,**
**nature and quantity of marine litter and ghost fshing**
**gear and its environmental impacts**
**5. Spreading awareness of the presence of underwater**
**marine litter and ghost fshing gear along with the**
**environmental threats it poses**
**6. Educating water users and the public so as to reduce**
**the input of debris to the sea**|
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||**_Our activities for the reporting period can be_**
**_summarised into three categories._**
**_1._**
**_Retrieval - Retrieving matter from the sea which_**
**_shouldn’t be there, this is our raison d’etre. This was_**
**_most often done by diving but there was a signifcant_**
**_quantity of recovery from beaches._**
**_2._**
**_Awareness - We took multiple opportunities to_**
**_inform the public of the very serious matter of ghost_**
**_nets and marine litter. This was done by talks, meeting_**
**_the public at awareness events, social media and_**
**_mainstream media eg. TV news. If we can educate people_**
**_to prevent marine pollution then it makes our retrieval_**
**_job less arduous. A little known fact is that 75% of_**
**_marine litter starts on land as street litter, reaching the_**
**_sea via drains and rivers. The single biggest achievement_**
**_was appearing on ‘Cornwall with SImon Reeve’ which_**
**_was on national TV and had a lengthy feature on_**
**_Fathoms Free recovering a large monoflament net from_**
**_a Falmouth Reef named the Outer Bizzies._**
**_3._**
**_Maintenance, training and fund raising - These_**
**_activities are the enabler for the 2 above. The divers_**
**_become maintenance personnel or teachers/students for_**
**_these activities. The maintenance work covered work on;_**
**_a boat, a boat trailer, a truck, navigation equipment and_**
**_dive gear. One of our number has attended a specialist_**
**_dive course and she will then train the rest of the team_**
**_with her new skills. Our fund-raising is dependent upon_**
**_our exposure in various media forms, without funds no_**
**_recoveries would take place. We have a website and an_**|
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_**integral shop. Many of the goods in the shop are made by our volunteers from recovered ghost nets and ropes.**_
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
**All persons engaged with Fathoms Free are volunteers ,including the trustees. The charity has no paid staff. Wherever possible and within the skillsets available, maintenance of the pickup truck, trailer and boat along with servicing of equipment is carried out by volunteers.**
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**
_**Last year the Fathoms Free team recovered 1905 kg of marine debris from the seas around Devon and Cornwall. This activity took 4896 man hours, in direct effort. This recovery was accomplished during 9 dives and 2 beach recoveries.**_
_**During the same year 6 awareness events were undertaken, this comprised 2 TV news items, 2 awareness events, one self made video and an announcement about a coalition with similar organisations in the UK. Fathoms Free are a founding member of the UK Ghost Gear Coalition which incorporates several of the main charities operating is this arena and allows us to pool our collective knowledge, experience and where applicable, resources to maximise our effectiveness.**_
_**The boat trailer was comprehensively serviced with a weekend working party to replace wheels, bearings and brakes. The boat had a new custom made stainless steel fuel tank fabricated and installed plus the onboard electronics were upgraded during several other weekend working parties.**_
_**A new storage location for the boat, pickup truck and events trailer was secured which has hardstandings rather than grass which is far less harsh on the equipment, more convenient for volunteer access and far more secure. Although this is at higher cost than the previous storage location, all trustees have agreed that the positives of the new site fully justify the increased cost.**_
_**Our funding has been secured for the forthcoming year by donations from both personal and corporate donors and the sale of goods in our online shop. As we approach Christmas 2021 we have created a crowdfunding campaign which,if its hits target will be match funded by the Cornwall Council Grow Nature Fund.**_
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**Section E Financial review**
T **he charity does not currently have a policy on reserves Brief statement of the since it was created from very humble beginnings. The charity’s policy on trustees realise that the charity is growing and whilst at reserves the moment it is in a comfortable financial position, the trustees will during the next financial year develop a reserves policy in order to prepare for unexpected and schedules repairs or replacement to key assets, namely the boats (Casper & Shadow) and pickup truck**
**Details of any funds There are no funds in deficit materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) The charity, in common with others operating in the** You **may choose** to include **same conservation arena, does not receive any** additional information, **government funding and relies on the generous donation** where relevant about: **of members of the public and corporate donors.** ● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including **The charity does not currently have an investment policy** any fundraising); **- monies raised are used to fund ghost gear recoveries** ● how expenditure has **including charter boat hire where necessary, fuel and maintenance of charity assets and maintaining a balance** supported the key **available for repairs as and when necessary.** objectives of the charity; ● investment policy and **The funds of the charity are fairly modest, having raised** objectives including any **£23300 in this financial year (2nd December 2020 to 1st** ethical investment policy **December 2021).** adopted. **Of these £11875 were raised by personal donations, £10186 by corporate donation (including a large donation from the Rotary Club following an event hosted byTV presenter Simon Reeve and another from a local large engineering company which selected us as their charity of the year), £790 from Gift Aid on donations and £449 from the online shop.**
**Expenditure for the year was £8267 with the largest expense being £2054 on boat, trailer and truck maintenance, closely followed by £1800 on the charter of hardboats for some larger recoveries and £1718 on the necessary insurances for charity & volunteer public liability, Boat Insurance and vehicle insurance.**
**All expenditure has been directly connected to the ongoing objects of the charity, particularly the ghost gear recovery. A more detailed breakdown is available in the accounts document provided**
## **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)** Julian Collison **Full name(s)** John Kent **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 18/04/22
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**Charity Name No (if any) Fathoms Free 1192613**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from 02/12/2020 01/12/2021**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £**
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to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Personal Donations 11,875 - - 11,875
Company ./ Sponsor Donations 10,186 - - 10,186
Sales of items in web shop 449 - - 449
HMRC Gift Aid Payments 790 - - 790
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
23,300 - - 23,300
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
NONE - - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 23,300 - - 23,300
A3 Payments
Boat, Truck & Trailer Storage 820 - - 820
Hardboat charter 1,800 - - 1,800
Insurance & Vehicle Tax 1,718 - - 1,718
Truck & Boat repair & upgrades 2,054 - - 2,054
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Fuel 487 - - 487
Gear recovery equipment 847 - - 847
Charity admin (website etc) 541 - - 541
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total 8,267 - - 8,267
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
NONE - - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total payments 8,267 - - 8,267
Net of receipts/(payments) 15,033 - - 15,033
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 4,686 - - 4,686
Cash funds this year end 19,719 - - 19,719
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|**Section B Statement**|**of assets and liabilities**|**at the end of the period**|**at the end of the period**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**|**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**NatWest Bank Account**
**Soldo prepaid debit card balance**
**PayPal Account**
**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**19,516**
**203**
**-**
**19,719**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK
|OK|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|
|||**funds**|**funds**|
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2
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## **B2 Other monetary assets**
## **B3 Investment assets**
## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
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Details to nearest £ to nearest £
NONE - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs
NONE -
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-
-
-
Fund to which
Cost (optional)
Details asset belongs
6.5m Humber RHIB with engine,trailer Unrestricted -
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Mitsubishi L200 Pickup Truck Unrestricted -
Twin axle van trailer Unrestricted -
Gazebo & display equipment Unrestricted -
Ghost gear recovery equipment Unrestricted -
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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10/31/2022
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Fund to which Amount due
Details liability relates (optional)
None -
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-
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Signature Print Name
Julian Collison (Treasurer)
John Kent (Chair)
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
10/31/2022
4
## **CC16a**
## **Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
10/31/2022
5
**-**
**-**
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** OK
**Endowment funds**
CCXX R6 accounts (SS)
6
10/31/2022
## **to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) 14,000 7,000 1,000 2,500 2,000 - - - -**
CCXX R7 accounts (SS)
10/31/2022
7
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval **13/04/2022 14/04/2022**
CCXX R8 accounts (SS)
8
10/31/2022