## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024** ## **Charity name: The Wild Carp Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1196426** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of the Wild Carp Trust**
**are:**
**1)**
**To promote for the benefit of the**
**public the conservation and protection**
**of the oldest strains of carp in the UK.**
**2)**
**To advance the education of the**
**public in the conservation, protection,**
**history and importance of the oldest**
**carp strains.**
**These strains are defined as the original**
**species wild carp (considered**
**Vulnerable to Extinction by the**
**International Union for Conservation of**
**Nature) and the feral descendants of**
**carp introduced to waters in England**
**and Wales before 1850 where evidence –**
**in the form of historic record or fish**
**phenotype – suggests that they have**
**since avoided crossbreeding with more**
**modern strains of carp.**| |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|**The Wild Carp Trust has achieved its**
**charitable objectives during this period**
**of operation, with associated costs as**
**follows:**
**Promoting the conservation and**
**protection of the oldest strains of carp in**
**the UK**
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**We continued to conserve the**
**Pant y Llyn strain of wild carp via**
**fry collection (zero cost) and**
**conserving the Llyngwyn strain**
**of carp via rehoming adult and**
**juvenile fish (£1,137)**
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**Securing two new conservation**
**pools (Edward’s Pool and Iris**
**Pool) (zero cost)**| |||•
**Hosting and expanding content of**
**our website (wildcarptrust.org),**
**including addition of 157 blogs**
**(£367)**
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**Monthly content and engagement**
**across our Facebook and**
**Instagram accounts, growing our**
**Facebook Group members to 980**
**and Instagram to 460 (zero cost)**
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**Our trustees were interviewed on**
**two podcasts (zero cost)**
**Advancing education with regards to the**
**conservation, protection, history and**
**importance of the oldest carp strains.**
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**Publication of a 100-page annual**
**journal, distributed to 100 readers**
**in 8 countries. (£932)**
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**Writing 2 x magazine articles**
**(zero cost)**
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**Presenting to five landowners,**
**including the trustees of a well-**
**known wild carp water, educating**
**them about the conservation**
**value of the carp in their care.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that we have given**
**due regard to the guidance issued by**
**the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit. Our activities have benefitted**
**9,504 people:**
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**3,600 website visitors**
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**1,000 magazine readers**
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**1440 social media followers**
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**1764 YouTube viewers**
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**1600 podcast listeners**
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**100 journal readers**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**None**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**None**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Wild Carp Trust relies entirely on**
**volunteers. In this period, 14 volunteers**
**(including the 5 trustees) contributed a**| **total of 1,107 hours to enable the Wild Carp Trust to achieve its objectives.** 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|**The main achievement was our direct**
**involvement and leadership of the**
**Llyngwyn carp rescue and rehoming.**
**These very famous and historic carp**
**were at risk due to pollution. We began**
**this activity by rehoming 100 adult fish**
**during the reporting period, moving**
**them to a dedicated conservation pool,**
**which gave us opportunity to document**
**the activity for promotional and**
**educational purposes and in so doing**
**meeting our charity’s objectives.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The Wild Carp Trust achieved all of its**
**charitable objectives, as detailed above.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Achieved.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income: £3,560**
**Expenditure: £2,898**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held in anticipation of**
**purchasing fish transportation**
**equipment.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Cash reserves of £872 held at the end of**
**the period.**| |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|**N/A The Wild Carp Trust is in a strong**
**position to grow and deliver further**
**benefit.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Funding was from donations (£1,905),**
**memberships (£465), and our annual**
**fundraising auction (£1,190).**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Investment during this period was**
**prioritised for equipment needed for the**
**Llyngwyn carp rehoming (£1,538) and**
**associated promotion and education**
**activities (£1,300).**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The charity’s success is reliant on a**
**small group of people. Risk remains, as**
**in previous period, that insufficient**
**volunteer input limits our activities.**
**Further volunteers and a network of**
**expert advisers and contractors is**
**required to mitigate this risk.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO)**| |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|**Selected and appointed by the trustees.**| ## **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|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The Wild Carp Trust is not part of an**
**umbrella organisation or affiliated with a**
**wider network.**
**Our structure is:**
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**President: John Bailey**
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**Vice Presidents: Dr Bruno**
**Broughton, Martin James MBE.**
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**Trustees:**
`o` **Chair: Dr Nigel Hudson**
`o` **Vice Chair: Andy Roberts**
`o` **Fishery Liaison: Peter**
**Whipp**
`o` **Landowner relations:**
**Steven Murgatroyd**
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**Committee**
`o` **As trustees above plus**
**Ralph Ridler (fundraising)**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Wild Carp Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|(None)| |Registered charity number|1196426| |Charity’s principal address|2 Mareilian Avenue
Marford
Wrexham
Clwyd
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nigel Hudson|Chair||| ||Andrew Roberts|Vice Chair||| ||Stuart Harris|||| ||Peter Whipp|||| ||Steven Murgatroyd|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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
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|None.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|None.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Fishery**
**Management**
**and fish**
**rearing**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Andrew Paul Roberts **Full name(s)** Nigel Ernest Hudson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 17 January 2024