## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/08/2021 Period start date To 31/07/2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Praise Bee**
## **Charity registration number: 1195622**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 (1) To promote the conservation,
of the charity as set out protection and improvement of the
in its governing physical and natural environment, in
document particular but not exclusively, through
the re-introduction of solitary bees and
the establishment of wildflower
meadows with a view to improving
biodiversity.
(2) To advance the education of the
public in the conservation, protection
and improvement of the physical and
natural environment, in particular but
not exclusively, by focusing on the role
of solitary bees and wildflower
meadows and their impact on
ecosystems and promoting research
and sharing and disseminating the
useful results thereof for the benefit of
the general public.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and We have established a wild flower
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activities in relation to research reserve at Hunkington Moat
those purposes for the
and to date have planted 50 plus wild
public benefit, in
flower species.
particular, the activities,
projects or services
Under the guidance of Historic
identified in the
England, we have part-dredged the
accounts.
medieval moated site to restore the
history and to improve the
environment in preparation for a
programme of aquatic wild flower
species to be introduced in 2024.
We have worked with many public
bodies to provide the opportunity for
them to share the knowledge to the
public about how to provide the best
environment for pollinators in general.
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We regularly update the charity's
website with information on how the
public can help protect and improve
the environment in their gardens.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All charity trustees are aware of the
whether the trustees Charity Commission guidance on Public
have had regard to the Benefit and have taken this into
guidance issued by the account when deciding what activities
Charity Commission on to carry out this year.
public benefit
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SORP reference
Policy on grant making Para 1.38
Policy on social Para 1.38
investment including
program related
investment
Contribution made by Para 1.38
volunteers
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
We have constructed a wildflower
research reserve at Hunkington Moat
and to date have planted 50 plus wild
Summary of the main Para 1.20 flower species.
achievements of the
charity, identifying the Under the guidance of Historic
difference the charity’s England, we have part-dredged the
work has made to the medieval moated site to both restore
circumstances of its the history and environment in
beneficiaries and any preparation for a programme of
wider benefits to society aquatic wild flower species to be
as a whole. introduced in 2024.
In the construction of the wild flower
reserve, we are creating a site of
protection cover for hedgehogs and
grass snakes from the branches that
have been collected/removed.
With the aid of MoD sites we are
starting to collect rare, indigenous
solitary bees and wasps and are now
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introducing them the Hunkington Manor Moat. This work is also being replicated with satellite wild flower meadows being constructed at MoD Bicester, RAF Syerston and shortly MoD Donnington and The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. As a result of our bee breeding programme, we have now embarked on a nation-wide bee release programme using NHS hospitals as bee dispersal sites.
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Para 1.41
Achievements against
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set Para 1.41
Investment performance
against objectives Para 1.41
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The trustees have approved the
financial position at the financial statement as at 31/07/2022
end of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22
policy for holding
reserves stating why they
are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Nil
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Funding received is used for day to day
reserves running of the charity
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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Grants from military suppliers and
The charity’s principal donations
sources of funds
(including any Para 1.47
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy Para 1.46
adopted
A description of the
principal risks facing the Para 1.46
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s Charitable Incorporated Organisation
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustee are appointed by a resolution
methods including details passed at a meeting of the charity
of any constitutional trustees.
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees Para 1.51
The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network Para 1.51
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any
related parties Para 1.51
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Praise Bee
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1195622
number
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Charity’s principal Hunkington Lodge, Hunkington Nurseries
address Walford Heath
Shrewsbury
SY4 2HT
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Vivian Charles Chairman
1
Watson Marsh
2 Lee Sanderson Secretary
3 Maureen Formby Treasurer
4 Rev Paul Firmin Trustee
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
Vivian Charles Watson Marsh
**Position (eg**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Chairman
**Date**
27/05/2023|||
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Praise Bee 1195622
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 8/1/2021 7/31/2022
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 £
£
A1 Receipts
- - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - - - -
A3 Payments
Bee nests 57 - - 57
Accommodation & fuel 871 - - 871
Postage 76 - - 76
Legal fees 823 - - 823
Installation of water pipe at wild flower
reserve 1,250 - - 1,250
Miscellaneous 100 - - 100
- - - -
Sub total [ 3,177 ] - - 3,177
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 3,177 - - 3,177
Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,177 - - - 3,177
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 3,512 - - 3,512
Cash funds this year end 335 - - 335
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||
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|**B1 Cash funds**|Balance in bank||||**335**||**-**||
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||**_Total cash funds_**||||**335**||**-**||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||||OK||OK||
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**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||
||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||
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**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
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~~**it ’**~~|||||||||
||**Details**||||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||
||||||Vivian Charles Watson Marsh||||
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## **Last year**
**to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - -**
**-**
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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
-
-
OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
Current value
(optional)
-
Current value
(optional)
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
5/27/2023
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