2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date To Period end date

Charity name: ECOCOUNTS

Charity registration number: 1196590

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To promote environmental awareness and knowledge about the damage from and the benefits of avoiding pollution, habitat destruction and climate change
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	· Public engagement · Community building · Education and knowledge sharing · Data recording and monitoring
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission

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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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	Our beneficiaries have: · Learnt more about their impact on the environment, nature and climate · Quantified their impacts in terms of CO2 emissions to allow comparison and prioritisation · Reduced their impacts through their daily choices in the light of their awareness · Become more satisfied and less anxious about their contribution to the state of nature and the planet · Gained the ability to communicate about their personal improvements in sustainability

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	For enduring charity operations
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	Current account balance 2025-02-03: £7,105.73 Balance 2024-03-31: £13,057.18
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:		None
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Consttuton
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	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	Every trustee is appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 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)
	Daniel Francis	Treasurer
	Alexandra Wilson	Trustee
	Lidya Stamper	Trustee
	Kate Calvert	Trustee
	Caroline Thompson	Treasurer

– 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

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

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

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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) Francis Full name(s) Daniel Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc)

Date 04/02/2025

Date	Category Supplier	Higher Category
7/1/2023	Statonery	Overheads
9/1/2023	Food and drink	Event Costs
9/1/2023	Food and drink	Event Costs
9/1/2023	Insurance Zurich	Insurance
2/27/2023	Food and drinTesco	Event Costs
3/20/2023	Food and drinGreen & GlorEvent Costs
3/31/2023	Statonery Climate FreskOverheads
4/20/2023	Food and drinSpoke cafe	Event Costs
4/28/2023	Food and drinCrisis Cafe	Event Costs
9/5/2023	Food and drinOak N4	Event Costs
10/5/2023	Food and drinOak N4	Event Costs
5/30/2023	Food and drinJannity	Event Costs
1/6/2023	Marketng Eventbrite	Marketng
4/6/2023	Statonery Cass Art	Overheads
5/6/2023	Statonery Rymans	Overheads
6/28/2023	Statonery ABSL PrintersOverheads
6/30/2023	Statonery Fish and CookOverheads
6/30/2023	Food and drinJai Krishna	Event Costs
7/30/2023	Legal and proSam Baker/TrLegal and professional fees
10/8/2023	Food and drinSpoke cafe	Event Costs
9/14/2023	Food and drinOak N4	Event Costs
9/19/2023	Food and drinDeli at 80	Event Costs
9/19/2023	Food and drinGreen & GlorEvent Costs
10/23/2023	Food and drinGreen & GlorEvent Costs
10/23/2023	Food and drinBread by bikeEvent Costs
3/31/2024	Webhostng &EcoCore annuWeb hostng, development and a

Totals

Descripton	Credit Debit	Value
Paper for Fresk	Debit		£15.99
Soup & baguetes Tesco's	Debit		£6.80
Soup	Debit		£13.20
Zurich	Debit		£96.00
Soup & baguetes Tesco's	Debit		£14.61
Soup ingredients	Debit		£17.14
cards for card game workshop	Debit		£33.46
tea for meetng with facilitator	Debit		£6.40
cofee with new trustee	Debit		£5.90
cofee with candidate	Debit		£11.25
evening drinks & nibbles with new directors	Debit		£30.82
Food for workshop	Debit		£48.00
Eventbrite ads for May workshop	Debit		£20.00
Paper roll for card workshops	Debit		£45.00
Card & pens for card workshops	Debit		£60.91
Posters for workshops/stalls	Debit		£65.65
Workshop post-its	Debit		£4.95
Food for workshop	Debit		£170.00
Donaton for speaking at event	Debit		£200.00
Interviewing trustee candidate	Debit		£4.50
Interviewing trustee candidate	Debit		£20.48
Volunteer meal	Debit		£8.85
Volunteer meal	Debit		£36.81
Volunteer meal	Debit		£27.18
Volunteer meal	Debit		£11.70
Overheads	Debit		£3,000.00

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£3,975.60