## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/07/21 Period start date. To 31/12/22 Period end date Charity name: Saddleworth Historical Society** ## **Charity registration number: 505074 to 02/9/21. 1195706 from 3/09/21** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote individual and collective**
**knowledge and understanding of the**
**history of Saddleworth in particular but**
**not exclusively by**
**Documenting the history of**
**Saddleworth;**
**Promoting an interest in the history of**
**Saddleworth;**
**Facilitating research into the history of**
**Saddleworth; and**
**Maintaining a publicly accessible**
**archive and library relating to the**
**history of Saddleworth.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Organise monthly lectures on subjects**
**relating to local and general historical**
**themes.**
**Maintain an archive of manuscript,**
**printed and pictorial items for access by**
**the general public.**
**Help Desk via the Society’s website and**
**personally. In addition to this, when our**
**new premises are in operation this will**
**also be a “walk-in” facility.**
**Production of quarterly Bulletin which is**
**distributed to our many members both**
**in the UK and abroad.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Society has no limits as to who may**
**become members; non-members being**
**welcomed to monthly lectures, study**
**days and social events.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Society is organised and**
**administered fully by volunteer effort.**
**During the Summer local guided walks**
**were organised and lead by a volunteer**
**and proved very popular.**| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the 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|**Discussion and fundraising for**
**adaptations to our recently acquired**
**premises has taken a considerable**
**portion of the Trustees’ monthly**
**meetings. This has not, however,**
**interrupted our monthly lectures, nor**
**the quarterly Bulletin and Newsletter,**
**which is distributed locally, nationally**
**and internationally, both by hard copy**
**and electronically.**
**No books have been published during**
**the year but preparations are in place to**
**produce a book of memorial inscriptions**
**for the graves in two of our villages’**
**graveyards and another on probate**
**documents of the seventeenth century.**
**Conversion of our new property into our**
**headquarters resumed after the**
**pandemic. In addition to being the**
**Society’s home for a considerable**
**archive and library, space will be**
**available for a manned Help Desk and**
**private study area. A room will also be**
**available for hire by local groups on a**
**non-profit basis.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Achievements against
objectives set||**Adaptation work on our new premises,**
**Holly Bank, is progressing but at a**
**slower rate than expected. This is due**
**mainly to lack of funds.**| |---|---|---|---| ||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Adaptation work on our new premises,**
**Holly Bank, is progressing but at a**
**slower rate than expected. This is due**
**mainly to lack of funds.**| ||||| |||**Recording our lectures for the benefit of**
**non-local members was discussed but**
**failed due to lack of expert knowledge**
**and suitable equipment.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Following on from our fund-raising**
**appeal to members, which was very**
**successful, we applied to several grant-**
**giving organisations, without much**
**success. We were successful, however,**
**with the Lottery Fund Heritage Grant of**
**£10,000 for adaptation work to Holly**
**Bank.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**We do not have any investments.**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Society is in a healthy financial**
**position with an annual income of**
**£2,455 and a surplus of £440 for the**
**period 01/07/21 to 30/06/22 and an**
**income of £2,455 and a surplus of £584**
**for the period 01/07/22 to 31/12/22.**
**Assets at 31/12/22 are £31,586 of which**
**£14,787 are in cash.**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Cash Reserves are held in a current**
**bank account and deposit account.**
**They are primarily held to meet**
**unexpected expenses and to invest in**
**publishing books.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£14,787**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The charity is presently in a healthy**
**operational and financial position.**
**However, it is run entirely by an ageing**
**volunteer committee and this is the**
**greatest threat to its future.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||**Members’ annual subscriptions.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal|Para 1.47|**Occasional fund-raising efforts.**| |sources of funds (including||**Sale of publications.**| |any fundraising)||**Non-members’ admission to lectures.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Ageing Trustees, Committee Members**
**and general membership.**
**Reluctance of younger people to come**
**forward.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Written Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are proposed, seconded and**
**elected at the AGM.**
**Members or the charity trustees, may, at**
**any time decide to appoint a new trustee**
**providing the limit specified (12) is not**
**exceeded.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Trustees.**
**Committee Members.**
**Chair.**
**Secretary.**
**Treasurer.**
**Membership Secretary.**
**Programme Secretary.**
**Publicity Secretary.**
**Bulletin and Publications Editor.**
**Archivist.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Good working relationship with**
**Saddleworth Museum, where most of**
**our lectures are held and where our**
**archive is stored.**
**Regular contact with South Pennine**
**Historical Group.**
**Regular contact with Saddleworth**| **Archaeological Society.** Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Saddleworth Historical Society**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**SHS**| |Registered charity number|**505074 to 2.9.21. 1195706 from 3.9.21**| |Charity’s principal address|**Holly Bank**
**Kinders Lane**
**Greenfield**
**Oldham**
**OL3 7BP**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**David Harrison**|**Acting Chair**|**From 13.10.21**|| ||**Christine Barrow**||**From 13.10.21**|| ||**Lesley Brown**||**From 13.10.21**|| ||**Mary Rodgers**|**Membership**
**Secretary**|**From 13.10.21**|| ||**Michael Buckley**|**Archivist and**
**Bulletin**
**Editor**|**From 24.8.22**|| ||**Lily Hopkinson**|**Secretary**|**Resigned 22.8.22**|| ||**Keith Lucas**||**Resigned 23.8.22**|| ||**Brian Groom**||**Resigned 23.8.22**|| ||**Ivan Foster**|**Treasurer**|**Resigned 23.8.22**|| ||**John Curnow**||**Resigned 23.8.22**|| ||**Michael Whalley**||**From 24.8.22**|| ||**Martin Lawton**||**From 24.8.22**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**None**| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**N/A**| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **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 **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** ## SADDLEWORTH SPORTS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (Registered Charity number 1165198) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] MARCH 2020 |RECEIPTS
Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£
Grants
-
2,000
Donations
24
-
Room Hire
23,717
-
Events
-
-
Fundraising
-
2,228
Activities
392
-
Other income
-
-
TOTAL RECEIPTS
£24,133
£4,228
PAYMENTS
Salaries and associated costs
7,571
-
BMW project (incl some salary
costs)
-
3,315
Insurance
453
-
Buildings/maintenance
2,065
1,049
Furniture and Equipment
435
-
Donations
500
2,228
Office Costs
668
-
Sundries
286
-
Consumables and cleaning
1,052
-
Events and activities
169
-
Publicity
-
-
TOTAL PAYMENTS
£13,199
£6,592
NET INCOMING/ (OUTGOING)
RESOURCES
£10,934
£(2,364)
Reserves b/fwd at 1stApril 2019
£27,710
£4,441
Reserves c/fwd at 31stMarch 2020
£38,644
£2,077|Total
2020
£
2,000
24
23,717
-
2,228
392
-
£28,361
7,571
3,315
453
3,114
435
2,728
668
286
1,052
169
-
£19,791
£8,570
£32,151
£40,721|Total
2019
£
2,830
698
21,525
429
1,824
420
110
£27,836|Total
2019
£
2,830
698
21,525
429
1,824
420
110| |---|---|---|---| |||7,416
6,907
453
679
711
1,658
351
884
957
415
300
£20,743|7,416
6,907
453
679
711
1,658
351
884
957
415
300| |||£7,093
£25,058
£32,151|| 1 ## STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITES AT THE 31[ST] MARCH 2019 |**Cash funds:**
Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£
Yorkshire Bank
£38,644
£2,077
**Other monetary assets:**
Unrestricted
£
Restricted
£
Debtors – amounts due for room hire at
31stMarch 2020
£2,642
-|Total
£
£40,721| |---|---| ||Total
£
£2,642| ## Liabilities OMBC are due to invoice for utility bills for the building but have not yet agreed the amount due by SSYCA since they have occupied the building from September 2016. It is expected that the bulk of the unrestricted reserves will be used to pay this bill. ## Accounts approved by the Trustees on 12[th] November 2020 Signed: _Mike Rooke_ ## Name: Mike Rooke Accounts examined and approved on 12[th] November 2020 ## Signed: _Godfrey Adams_ ## Name: Godfrey Adams ACMA ACIS 2