## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025** ## **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 led five carp rescue weekend**
**events, saving circa 1500 carp**
**from phosphate pollution at**
**Llyngwyn. This was our principal**
**activity for public benefit, inviting**
**volunteers to fish for wild carp**
**and be hands-on involved**
**moving them to new homes. Cost**
**of £4,759 for transport**| |||**equipment, £154 maintenance,**
**and £60 for insurance.**
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**Secured three new conservation**
**pools. No cost.**
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**Hosting a website and publishing**
**54 blogs. Cost of £266.**
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**Advertising via branded clothing,**
**equipment, car stickers and**
**vehicle livery. Cost of £421.**
**Advancing education with regards to the**
**conservation, protection, history and**
**importance of the oldest carp strains.**
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**Publishing an annual journal and**
**distributing it to 100 readers.**
**Cost £976.**| |---|---|---| |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**
**8,805 people:**
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**30 conservation volunteers**
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**4,800 website visitors**
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**100 journal readers**
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**1,675 social media followers**
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**2,200 YouTube views**| ## **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, 30 volunteers**
**(including 4 trustees) contributed in**
**excess of 3,000 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 saving 1,500**
**heritage carp and moving them to our**
**conservation pools. We secured three**
**new conservation pools during the**
**period – the result of our landowner**
**engagement to support the charity. We**
**now have over 2,000 fish in our care.**
**Promoting this conservation work led to**
**the education of 8,805 people and**
**inspired 26 new hands-on volunteers.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
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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: £6386**
**Expenditure: £6487**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held in anticipation of**
**securing or administering access to one**
**or more wild carp waters for public**
**benefit.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Cash reserves of £950 were 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 grants (£3,500),**
**donations (£400), memberships (£1,216),**
**and our annual fundraising auction**
**(£1,270).**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Investment during this period was**
**prioritised for equipment needed for**
**carp rehoming and ongoing care**
**(£4,913) critical to the promotion of**
**conservation and associated promotion**
**and education activities (£1,544).**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The charity’s success is reliant on a**
**small group of people volunteering their**
**time for free, especially a committee of**
**six people delivering 90% of the effort.**
**Risk remains, as in the previous period,**
**that insufficient volunteer resources,**
**time and skills, will limit our activities.**
**Further volunteers and a network of**
**expert advisers and contractors is**
**required to mitigate this risk, with**
**anticipated increase in cost.**| |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)**
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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` **Fisheries: Peter Whipp**
`o` **Treasurer: Mark Aspell**
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**Committee**
`o` **As trustees above plus**
**Ralph Ridler (fundraising),**
**John Summers**
**(merchandising), Andy**
**Kaczmarczyk (angler**
**engagement).**| |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||| ||Peter Whipp|Fisheries||| ||Mark Aspell|Treasurer|Appointed 6 December
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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)**|**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** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Mark Aspell **Full name(s)** Nigel Ernest Hudson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 24 January 2026