# ## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe||purposes of||||The objects ofthe CIO are| |the charity||as set out|||in its||To conserve,
protect,
and
improve
the| |governing|document||||||physical and natural
environment
for the| ||||||||public
benefit,
in
particular,
but
not| ||||||||exclusively,
by:| ||||||||a)
Promoting
a reduction
in the use of| ||||||||fossil fuels
and
an increase
in the| ||||||||use of renewable
energy| ||||||||b)
Promoting
waste reduction
by reuse,| ||||||||reclamation,
recycling
and repair| ||||||||c)
Promoting
good,
low
carbon,| ||||||||environmental
practise
in
the| ||||||||production,
distribution
and| ||||||||consumption
offood| ||||||||d)
Promoting
the
mitigation
of
COz| ||||||||production
by
local
carbon| ||||||||sequestration
projects such as tree| ||||||||planting| ||||||||e)
Promoting
the
use of low
carbon| ||||||||means oftransport| ||||||||To advance
the education
of the public| ||||||||in
the
conservation,
protection,
and| ||||||||improvement
of
the
environment,
in| ||||||||particular,
but
not
exclusively,
by| ||||||||promoting
good environmental
practice| ||||||||and awareness
ofrelated issues.| |Summary
activities|in|of
the
relation||to|main
those|Para 1.17and
1.19|Main activities undertaken
forthe public
benefit:| |purposes||for|the|public|||Electric Vehicle scheme (Object 1a),1e)| |benefit,|in|particular,|||the||&
e)) — Develop
and
promote
a| |activities,||projects|||or||community
electric
car
hire
club
for| |services|identified|||in|the||Haddenham
and
neighbouring
Thame.| |accounts|||||||Cars are based
in the
places
where| ||||||||people need them, available
to rent by| ||||||||the hour at short notice.
Electricity
is| ||||||||included,
cheap
and
with
no
monthly| ||||||||subscriptions.
Simply pay as you go. A| ||||||||low-cost
alternative
to
ublic trans
ort,| ||taxis and
owning
a second
family car.| |---|---| ||Developed
by 3B Vehicle
Hire
with| ||assistance
fram
Zero
Carbon| ||Haddenham.
Public benefit: Reducing| ||the
use
of fossil
fuels,
the
need
to| ||manufacture
cars
and
reducing
CO2| ||production
benefiting
society as a whole| ||and nature.| |2.|Repair
Cafe
(Object
1b)) — Monthly| ||gathering
in the village
hall, and
online| ||service, to repair
portable
items.
"We| ||aim to encourage
repairing
rather
than| ||replacing as the logical first step when| ||things break
Thisis because we believe| ||repairing
keeps
things
out of landfill| ||incineration
and reduces
unnecessary| ||consumption".
Public
benefit:| ||Reducing
the need to manufacture
and| ||reducing
waste
thus
lowering
CO2| ||production
benefiting
society as a whole| ||and
nature.
Supported
by| ||Buckinghamshire
Council.| |3.|Cafe Zero (Object 1c)) —A community| ||cafe running
alongside
the Repair Cafe| ||which
provides
a place to meet each| ||month for refreshments
and a chat with| ||displays
about the ZeroCH
the group's| ||work.
Public
benefit:
Providing| ||homemade
and
homegrown
produce| ||thus
reducing
waste
packaging
and| ||protecting
the
environment
by
limiting| ||the
use
of
artificial
fertilisers
and| ||reducing
the need for transport.| |4.|reLeaf (Object 1d)) —Aim to double the| ||tree cover in the parish
of Haddenham| ||by 2030. One ofthe village's goals in the| ||neighbourhood
plan
is for the parish
to| ||become carbon neutral
by 2030. reLeaf| ||is part of delivering
this and
is a joint| ||project
between
ZeroCH
and| ||Haddenham
Parish
Council
(HPC).| ||Public benefit: Removing
CO2 from the| ||atmosphere
and assisting
in mitigating| ||climate
change.
Providing
enhanced| ||wildlife
habitat.
Benefit to society as a| ||whole and nature.| |5.|Library ofThings (Object 1b))—Continue| ||to actively seek ways to create a 'Library| ||ofThings' that can be hired including,
but| ||not limited
to, tools, catering
equipment| ||and furniture.
The library
negates
the| ||need to purchase
items that would
be| ||rarely used.
Public benefit:
Reducing| ||the need for manufacture
thus reducing| ||emissions.
Reducing
waste
going
to| ||landfill.| |6.|Thermal
Imaging
Camera
(Object 2.)—| ||Zero
Carbon
Haddenham
have
a| ||Page 2of11| ## ## ||||||||||The
CIO
does
not
make
any
sodal|The
CIO
does
not
make
any
sodal| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Para 1.38|investment
or program
related investment.|| |Policy on||social investment||||||||| |including||program|||related|||||| |investment||||||||||| ||||||||||Volunteers
are critical to ZeroCH achieving|| |||||||||Para 1.38|its|objectives.
The main
activities
where| |Contribution|||made||by||||volunteers
were involved
were:|| |volunteers|||||||||1.|Repair Cafe (up to 10 volunteers
each| |||||||||||month).| ||||||||||2.|reLeaf tree and hedge planting
(up to35| |||||||||||volunteers
at times).| ||||||||||3.|The Thermal
Imaging
Camera
and
Air| |||||||||||Tightness
Testing
(up to 3 teams
of 2| |||||||||||volunteers).| ||||||||||4.|Helping
with
the
various
stalls
that| |||||||||||ZeroCH presents to local events (up to5| |||||||||||volunteers
at each event).| ||||||||||5.|BeeSquared
(up to 5volunteers
helping| |||||||||||with
packing
and
delivering
the seeds| |||||||||||and information
sheets tolocal residents| ||||||||||Not|applicable.| |Other||||||||||| |Achie|ve|me|nts||and Performance|||||| |||||||||SORP reference||| ||||||||||1.|Electric Vehicle scheme (Object 1a),1e)| |||||||||||& e)) —The
EV Hire
Club
ran
from| |Summary
cf
the
main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the
circumstances
of
its
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits
to
society
as
a
whole.||||||||Para 1.20||December
2022 to September
2023.
Whilst
3B, the
local
hire
firm
who
operated
the
club,
were
unable
to
continue,
the
pilot
was
an
extremely
valuable experience that:
demonstrated
the
viability
of car
sharing
in the village
in principle
supported
residents
to live car-free
or reduce the number ofcars in their| |||||||||||household| |||||||||||secured
a
commitment
from
the| |||||||||||Parish
Council
to
investigate
a| |||||||||||successor
scheme,
with
the| |||||||||||charging
infrastructure
already
in| |||||||||||place
and
a mailing
list of c. 50| |||||||||||people who expressed
interest| ||||||||||2.|Repair Cafe (Object 1b))—Many repairs| |||||||||||have
been
completed
with
a
75%| |||||||||||success rate. Advice has been given to| |||||||||||owners
on how to repair their items thus| |||||||||||keeping
them from being discarded
and| |||||||||||re lacedb
new.| ## |||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||through
a
share
offer
to
buy
the| ||||||||greengrocer
and run itas a 'not for profit'| ||||||||community
owned
shop.
Having| ||||||||facilitated
the
initial
'start
up',
ZeroCH| ||||||||has now transferred
all banking
facilities| ||||||||to the new organisation.| ||||||||10.Zero
CH
was
the
Communiiy
Group| ||||||||Contribution
Winner 2022 in the annual| ||||||||Proud ofBucks Awards
awarded
by the| ||||||||Haddenham
and
Waddesdon| ||||||||Community
Board of Buckinghamshire| ||||||||Council.| ||||||||11.The difference
the
charity's
work
has| ||||||||made
to
the
circumstances
of
its| ||||||||beneficiaries
and
any
wider
public| ||||||||benefits tothe community
and socieiy as| ||||||||a whole:| ||||||||~
Increased
community
cohesion| ||||||||~
Provided
volunteering
opportunities| ||||||||including
Duke of Edinburgh
Award| ||||||||participants| ||||||||~
Reduction
in carbon footprint| ||||||||~
Improved
visual
appearance
of| ||||||||village
with
all the
new trees
and| ||||||||hedges| ||||||||~
Increased
biodiversity| ||||||||~
Increased
environmental
awareness| ||||||||~
Provided
positive actions that people| ||||||||can
et involved
in| |Additional||information|||(optional)||| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||||where relevant about:| ||||||||See above.| |Achievements|||||against|Para 1.41|| |objectives||set|||||| ||||||||A grant
received
from the Heart of Bucks| ||||||||organisation
for hedge
plants,
trees
and| |Performance|||of fundraising|||Para 1.41|ancillary materials for planting.
Fundraising| |activities||against||objectives|||activities
enabled
several
projects
to| |set|||||||develop.
Fundraising
from
the
thermal| ||||||||imaging
camera, the Repair Cafe and Cafe| ||||||||Zero has enabled
the charity
to meet
its| ||||||||ob'ectives.| |Investment|||performance|||Para 1.41|| |against objectives|||||||| |Other|||||||| ## |Review||of|of|the|the|the||charity's|charity's|charity's||The charity has successfully|raised|raised|funds||to| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial||position||||at||the||end||establish
itself and maintain|its activities.|||At|| |ofthe period||||||||||||the end of the
period,
the|charity||is in||a| |||||||||||||strong
financial
position
to||continue|||to| |||||||||||||develo
its activities.|||||| |Statement||||explaining||||||the||The charity's
financial
controls are|||detailed||| |policy|for||holding|||||reserves||||in the ZeroCH
Risk Register||Section 3.2.|||| |stating|why||they|||are||held||||The
charity
has
developed||a
Reserves|||| |||||||||||||Policy states that reserves are held|||to meet||| |||||||||||||a potential
need, including
to||provide cover|||| |||||||||||||for risks such as unforeseen|expenditure||||or| |||||||||||||unanticipated
loss ofincome,||'seed-funding'|||| |||||||||||||for new
opportunities
ahead||of receiving|||| |||||||||||||rants, or windin
u
the chari|||||| |Amount||of|reserves|||||held|||Para 1.22|E1000|||||| |Reasons|||for||holding||||zero|||Not applicable.|||||| |reserves|||||||||||||||||| |Details||of|fund|||materially||||in|Para" 24|No funds materially
in deficit.|||||| |deficit|||||||||||||||||| |Explanation||||||of||||any||No
current
concerns
about||the|charity's||| |uncertainties||||||about||||the||ability to continue as a going|concern.||||| |charity|continuing|||||as a|||going||||||||| |concern|||||||||||||||||| |Additional|||information||||||(optional)||||||||| |You ma||choose||||to|include further statements|||||where relevant about|||||| |||||||||||||The principal sources offunds||were:|||| |||||||||||||~
Repair Cafe donations|||||| |The||charity's||||||principal|||Para 1.47|~
Community
Benefit Society grant|||||| |sources||of||funds|||(including|||||~
Thermal
imaging
service|donations||||| |any fundraising)||||||||||||~
HPC talks grant|||||| |||||||||||||~
Water bowser grant|||||| |||||||||||||~
Heart ofBucks
rant for|ReLeaf||||| |||||||||||||Not applicable.|||||| |Investment|||||policy|||||and|Para 1A6||||||| |objectives||||including||||||any|||||||| |social||investment|||||||policy||||||||| |adopted|||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||A risk assessment
cerned|out
in||January||| |||||||||||||2022
identified
major
risks||and|provided||| |A description||||of||the||principal|||Para 1.46|means to manage
and
mitigate
them.||||An|| |risks facing||||the|charity|||||||annual
review
was
undertaken
in
March|||||| |||||||||||||2023 which
indicated
an overall
lowering|||||of| |||||||||||||perceived
risks.
Remaining||risks included,|||| |||||||||||||but were
not limited
to, completion
of||||the|| |||||||||||||documents
governing|the||charity's||| |||||||||||||processes and procedures.|||||| |||||||||||||ZCH Risk analrrals|||||| |||||||||||||Mananaraanr|||||| |Other||||||||||||None.|||||| ## |Description
ofchality's||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||||||||||||||| |Type of governing
document|||'Foundation'||model|||constitution||||||||| |(trust deed, ro al charter)||||||||||||||||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated||||||Organisation|||||(CIO)|| |constituted?||||||||||||||||| |(e.g llnincorporated||||||||||||||||| |assocla(lon,
CIQ||||||||||||||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees|are|appointed|||||by|a|majority vote of||||| |including
details ofany|||serving|trustees||||at||properly||||convened||| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.||meetings||in||accordance||||||with|||the| |election to post or name|of||constitution.|||||||||||||| |any person or body entitled||||||||||||||||| |to appoint one or more||||||||||||||||| |'trustees||||||||||||||||| |dditional
information|(optional)|||||||||||||||| |ou ma
choose to include further statemenis|||where relevant|||about||||||||||| ||||A risk assessment|||||carried|||out||in|2022||and| ||||reviewed|in||March|||2023|||identified||||this| |Policies and procedures||Para 1.51|requirement|||(see|||section||||1.9|of||risk| |adopted for the induction|||assessment||above).|||||||||||| |and training
oftrustees||||||||||||||||| ||||The chariity's||constitution|||||states|||'The charity|||| ||||trustees shall manage||||||the||affairs ofthe|||||C/0| |The chariity's
organisational||Para 1.51|and may|for that|||purpose|||||exercise|||all|the| |structure
and any wider|||powers ofthe|||CIO".||||||||||| |network
with which the||||||||||||||||| |charity works||||||||||||||||| ||||The CIO|has||no|formal||||relationships|||||with| ||||related parties.|||||||||||||| |Relationship
with any||Para 1.51||||||||||||||| |related parties||||||||||||||||| ||||None.|||||||||||||| |Other||||||||||||||||| ## ## |ames ofthe charity|trustees who manage|the charity|| |---|---|---|---| ||||Name ofperson| |Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot
for whole year|(or body) entitled
to appoint trustee| ||||ifan| |Alan Thawley||Annual
report|Majority vote of| |||period|trustees| |Diccon Proctor||As above|As above| |Greg Smith|Chairman|As above|As above| |lan Philpott|Treasurer|As above|As above| |Karen Dauncey||As above|As above| |Paddy Ford|Secretary|As above|As above| |Robin Aitchison||As above|As above| ## |Description|ofthe assets|held|No funds held as a custodian|trustee.| |---|---|---|---|---| |in this capacity||||| |Name
and|objects
of|the|Not applicable|| |charity
on|whose
behalf|the||| |assets are|held and how|this||| |falls
within|the
custodian|||| |charity's objects||||| |Details
of|arrangements|for|Not applicable|| |safe|custody|and||| |segregation|of such assets|||| |from the charity's
own assets||||| ## ## ## ##