
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From Period 1 April 2024   To 31 March 2025** 

## **Charity name: Green Southwell** 

## **Charity registration number: 1195481** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit of the public the<br>conservation, protection and improvement<br>of the physical and natural environment in<br>Southwell and the surrounding area; and<br>education of the public in the conservation,<br>protection and improvement of the<br>environment.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|There are two strands to Green Southwell’s<br>activity - information provision and practical<br>action to support local biodiversity.<br>During the financial year, we ran or<br>attended events to provide information on<br>home decarbonisation, which benefits local<br>residents and the global environment.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issues by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



## **Additional information** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Green Southwell volunteers are working<br>with the local Town Council to improve the<br>biodiversity of an area of land known as<br>Beryl’s Meadow. Around 40 volunteer<br>hours were spent developing a plan,<br>clearing brambles and nettles, scything,<br>and clearing the arisings, and sowing<br>yellow rattle in an effort to reduce the<br>dominance of the grass. This will allow a<br>variety of wildflowers space to grow in<br>future. Volunteers also undertook a soil<br>analysis to understand the suitability for<br>different flowers. Over 30 volunteers also<br>helped with two litter picks to clean the<br>town in Autumn and Spring.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Volunteering opportunities have improved<br>the local environment, through reduction of<br>litter and reducing the spread of invasive<br>weeds; and have educated the wider<br>population through their promotion in local<br>and social media. Volunteering also<br>benefits individuals’ social wellbeing, and<br>the work on land management has also<br>improved knowledge and skills.<br>During the year the group contributed to<br>the Great British Spring Clean, community<br>tree planting, the Big Garden birdwatch, a<br>Christmas tree festival, a local COP, crop<br>drops, bat walks, butterfly transects, no<br>mow May and produced a Green not Grey<br>leaflet to promote better driveways for<br>biodiversity and flood resistance.<br>Our Facebook reach during the year was<br>8.3k. The page is used by a number of<br>volunteers to share local events and<br>initiatives, individual stories and our own<br>activities, and we have around 1000<br>followers across Facebook and Instagram.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity received income of £108 in the<br>year. A total of £415 was spent leaving<br>available funds of £2,648 of which £325<br>carry restrictions.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held for the continuation of<br>activities|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,648|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Model Constitution**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Founding trustees appointed from<br>volunteers on basis of skills, knowledge<br>and experience needed for the efective<br>administration of the CIO.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Green Southwell|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1195481|
|Charity’s principal address|2 Nottingham Road<br>Southwell<br>NG25 0LF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Steve Wright|Treasurer|||
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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Stephen Wright **Full name(s)** Liz Laine **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 09/01/2023 




**Charity Name No (If any) Green Southwell 1195481 Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2024 31/03/2025 

## **CC16a** 

|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**201**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**106**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **307**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**307**<br>**-                     307**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                     307**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**108**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**108**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**108**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**108**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Grants|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Other Income|**-**|||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**-**|||||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
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|Insurance|**201**|||||||**-**|
|Equipment|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Consumables|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Professional Services|**106**|||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**307**|||||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
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||**-                     307**|**-**||**-**||**-                     307**||**-**|
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

10/11/2025 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Cash at Bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**2,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**2,324**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**325**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||**2,324**||**325**||**-**|
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|||**2,324**||**325**||**-**|
|||Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||Agreement Error<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**||OK|
|||||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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|||Print Name<br>Stephen Wright|||||
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|||Stephen Wright||||10/11/2025|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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