**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 01 02 2022 31 12 2022 **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Foxglove Covert Foundation **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1197745 **Charity's principal address** ARMY TRAINING ESTATE (NE) DOWNHOLME RICHMOND **Postcode DL11 6AH** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Peter Simpson|Chair||| ||Anthony John
Waldron|Treasurer||| ||Mark Williams||From 24/04/2022|| ||John Walker|Secretary||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution dated 01/02/2022 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointment by resolution of the trustees - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The objects of the CIO are: to promote, encourage and facilitate for the benefit of the public in and around Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve: - ➢ the conservation, protection, improvement of the physical and natural environment; - ➢ research and learning for the advancement of knowledge in the natural sciences and biodiversity; - ➢ educational and social value of the environment. **TAR** March **2012** 2 With regard to public benefit and S 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, the trustees made preparations for the transfer of assets and undertakings of the Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve (Registered Charity Number 1089020) to The Foxglove Covert Foundation. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance The trustees made preparations for the transfer of assets and **Summary of the main** undertakings of the Foxglove Covert Local Nature Reserve (Registered **achievements of the charity** Charity Number 1089020) to The Foxglove Covert Foundation. **during the year** **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** The trustees will consider the level of reserves that is prudent for The **Brief statement of the** Foxglove Covert Foundation to have when agreeing the annual budget. **charity’s policy on reserves** Consideration will be given to future strategy, potential redundancy liabilities, and any other significant factors that should be considered were The Foxglove Covert Foundation to close or move to new premises. The specific reserves policy including any designation of reserves for specific purposes will be agreed by trustees on an annual basis. A proportion of The Foxglove Covert Foundation reserves will be invested to generate investment income. An investment policy will be agreed by trustees. All investments will be decided by trustees and should be consistent with the investment policy. **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** March **2012** 5 **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Anthony John Waldron **Full name(s)** John James William Walker **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 22-09-2023 **TAR** March **2012** 6 mA￿￿y IOMMISSIO FORfNGiMDANQWALES Recelpts and ents accounts ¢C16a 01tr2f Soction A Receipts and payments Unr*sirl¢l•d tund* lunOÈ furt Al Subm fo Sub to A6CMh tunob WIt￿lI4￿d sh Se¢iion B Statement of assets liabilities at the end of the period Re41ri¢t•d End0￿￿￿t 81 Cmh ￿nd D•￿115 ¢h•rtrfi o¥ffl B5 CCx¥A2W￿ItslUj