Annual Report of Trustees: Stoke St Michael Woodland CIO Charity Number: 1193840
Address:
Stoke St Michael Woodand The Mead Stoke St. Michael RADSTOCK Somerset BA3 5JD
Report period: 02/07/2024 to 1/7/2025.
Aims and Objectives of Charity: The charity is responsible for the direct management of the area known as the Millennium Wood in Stoke St Michael. It aims to manage the woodland, safely as a site that enables wide access for the community, enabling health and wellbeing, and enhanced education opportunities for the local school and other community interest groups.
Review of Activities: It been another good year for the Stoke St Michael Woodland. Our work programme in the Autumn and Winter of 24/25 included the removal of redundant tree guards and continuing the cutting back of glades and rides to enable enhanced access and to encourage light to areas of the woodland for the benefit of the woodland’s flora and fauna.
We are pleased to have a small, dedicated and committed group of volunteers, and we would like to thank them for their ongoing commitment.
We continue to engage in monthly maintenance of footpaths during the growing season, and as a result we are seeing an increased use of the site by both residents and visitors to Stoke St Michael. We held our AGM in May of 2025 and were pleased to recruit a new trustee to the group. Our plans to further enhance the woodland for the community include over the coming winter (2025/26) the creation of a small orchard at the bottom of the site alongside installation of a new bench that will provide far reaching views towards Downside and Stratton and the Fosse.
Health & Safety: We continue to monitor the woodland monthly to ensure that all access routes and site furniture (e.g., gates) are safe and secure. There have been no issues identified this year.
Footpath Maintenance: Throughout 2024 and 2025 the woodland group has continued to maintain footpaths through both voluntary cutting and
the use of a trained operator using mower to keep grass areas and footpaths accessible.
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Period start date 2nd July2024 |
To | Period end date 1st July 2025 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Stoke St Michael Parish Council 2,000 - - - - - - - 2,000 - - Sub total- Total receipts 2,000 A3 Payments 23/06/2025 Insurance 343 23/6/25 Sam PerryGrass Cutting 80 09/6/25 Sam PerryGrass Cutting 80 01/05/25 Hall Hire AGM 12 29/04/2025 Sam PerryGrass Cutting 80 23/12/24 Sam PerryGrass cutting 80 16/9/24 Sam PerryGrass cutting 80 22/7/24 Sam ParryGrass Cutting 80 2/7/24 Insurance 272 Sub total 1,107 - - Sub total - Total payments 1,107 Net of receipts/(payments) 893 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 893 Unrestricted funds Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 2,000 - - - - - - - 2,000 - - - 2,000 343 80 80 12 80 80 80 80 272 1,107 - - - 1,107 893 - - 893 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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343 | - | |||
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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 Overall Balance 1/7/25 Details Details Details Details Signature Simon Clarke Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 2,538 - - - - - 2,538 - Agreement Error OK Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name SIMON CLARKE Unrestricted funds Unrestricted 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 |
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| Simon Clarke | SIMON CLARKE | 4/26/2026 | |