REGISTERED COMPANY NLIMBER: CE025343 IEn#land and Walts) REGSTERED CHARITY NuI￿R." 1194146 Rerrt of the Trustees and Unaudited Finanaal Statern￿ts for the Year Ended 31 AIArch 2025 The Herefor*lthire BrnrKh of The Cam to Protect Rural En land Thorrt Widgery kcountancy Ltd Chartered Acctyjntants 2 Wyevaie Busine55 Park Klllg5 Acre Hweford Herefordshire HR4 ￿5 The Hereford5hire Branch of The Cam n to Protect_Rwal En land C¢y)tents of the Flnandal Staternenis for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Re￿rt of the T￿￿tee5 dep*)dent Exarnine(5 Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet 6 to 7 Notss to the Flnanclal Statements 8 to 14 t>etailed Statemwt of Financial Artivities 15 to 16 The Herefordshire Branch of The Campaign to Protect Rural England rt of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 The trwtees vtho a￿ atso threctors of the charity for the purp05e5 of the Companies Act 21J36. present their rewt with the flnaKlal statements of the Cha￿tY for year ended 31 March 2025. The trurtees have ad(yted the prov151on5 of Accwnting and RerM)rt6n8 by Chadtles: StateTneNt of Recornrnended Pra£kn￿ applicable Lo charitle5 preparing thelr accounts In accor(JarKe with the Financial Reprrting Standard arplicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) (effective 1 January 20191. OBJECTIVES AND AcnvffiES ObJectbve5 and alms The charity aims to pr￿e and encourage for the beneflt of the publlc, the improvement, wotectiffi aml weservation of countryAe of Herefordshire aThJ it's towns and ￿lI139eS and the better devel¢pment of tt* wral envlrokwL Publlc b•n•fit In drafting this report the tN5tee5 have cunpLied duly in Section 4 of the Charitie5 Act 2011 to have (hje regard to wbllc beneflt guidarKe wblished by the Charity thnmisSi￿. ACHlEVEIIEl￿ AND PERFORIAANCE Charitable aC￿￿tieS During the year CPRE HerefLYd5hlre fLU5eé actwJn5 to meet its objectives to protect and preserve iarKJ5cape and t envircnrnent. Our four main areas of work were: . 1. Plannir Continued scrutlny of plannlng appllcaiions $0 as to ensure we supwrted g£*)d plannlng but also help expose those applications where there have been significant and identiflabie COMM￿nity (￿￿m% and those that ￿t the en¥iTNment at d5k. 2. Hedgerow Herees Thls has been our first year Sw￿rtIng the planUn8 of new hedges across HerefoTi15hire as w￿[1 as train?ng indmduals in rural Skills SLKh as hedge la￿￿9. We ran three two￿aY hedge lawng course5 twelve people on each and p￿nted 3.7km of new hedges. Planting these hedge5 brtyjght together over 1LKI volunteer5 who all helped brfn8 new Ilfe through hedges rhat sequesw carbon, help mitlgate soil loss throu2h off and, in additi¢m. provide wildlife corridors and fLyJd for aThlmals. blrds and Insects. We have worked wlth colleges and schools and hope to expand thi5 ed￿at7(￿al role in the autumn. We alw worked employers who offer tharity day5 for tkn"r stsff to hdp gTh)d cause5. 3. Dark Sktes We have been very pleased to not oThly explain the importance ol dark skle5 wfthtyjt artlfklal 118ht for nocturnal Illnators also for a t￿51￿erable number of n(Kturnal anirnab. We have achlÈved this by working wlth Parish and Town CourKIts a5 weLI as comtnunlty groups. We have dernon5trated hDw to condLKI datk Sky Surveys and as a rÉsuLt were the fitsi Eurcfthi country to wrt a prestiwous Intemational Award for this initiative. 4. Cltlzen Sden Our army of volunteers have been sampllng and testTng water in Herefordshire for nearly four years. We are part of the Wye Atlfia￿e and, as suth, the éarabase dertved from our (￿nbined readings Is now reC￿niSed as one of the very best in England. Ail our data Is analysed aNJ used by the Envlronment 4erKy to dlrect plans and actlons. Thts work and Its presentation to Government, along *ith other partners. has been successful in sjbtaining funding fiom Defra and the Wetsh Government to help understand whfch actlons may éellver favourabie ecological statsts for the ￿e catchment. Thls 15 all work In progress and our ￿aM of Citlzen Scientlsts sttll have a signlflcant role to rAay. All of these four fjnlllatlves requlre slqnlflcant fuThllng and we contlnue to seek grant opportunitle5 and donation5 to allow LLS to carry ￿t this important work. In addition. we have held, and continue to support, talk5 to eunmunities on all these Subjects. Page 1 The Hereford5hire Branch of The Campalg) to Protect Rural England Rekxsrt of the Tru5tee5 fc* the Year Emled 31 March ZOZ5 FINANCIAL REVIEW Reseryes pollcy The ie5erves should LE kept at no le55 than 150,OD) At the year end reseNes am￿nted to £79,832 12024: E83.9091. Total reserves amounted to £144,871 12024.. £137.2651 of whlch £30,43412024.. 26,9341 ￿d5 re5lricted. Review of th* yèar During the year the CIO had incorne of £69.691 12024.. £51,8381 and expenditure of £61,62412024.' £31,1911, resultirq in surplu5 before Sair￿ and losses of £8,06712024= £20,647). Net assets at the balance sheet date am(MJnted to £144,87112024: £137,264). FUTURE PLA We ￿an to ￿ntIry￿ to work to protett the rural lan¢tscape of Hereforthhlre. STRUCTURE. GOVERNAIICÉ AND IIANAGEMEF Gov•rnlng docum•nt The CIO 15 controlled by Its governing dr￿￿ent. a deed of t￿￿t. and co￿titUteS a charitable irKorw)rated organlsatkn, limited by guarantee, as éefined by the Chatities Art 2011. Recrultment and appolntment of new trustees Our (c￿tItUtion states, There must be at least 4Tru5tees Iwe currently have 51 and there is maximum number. We Scope out 5wfic Skill need5 bJt in the current cllrnate It Is dlffkult to match these when seeking new Trustees. We conslder sotial media if a 11.7741 26.934 25,160 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total fun