
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** 4[th] April 2022 **Period start date      To** 1[st] December 2022 **Period end date** 

**Charity name:** SHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill 

**Charity registration number:** 1198511 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To protect and safeguard the environment<br>for the public benefit through in particular<br>but not exclusively the promotion of share,<br>repair and re-use of products as a means<br>of preventing and minimising waste<br>disposal; and the advancement of the<br>education of the public regarding the<br>protection of the environment through the<br>sharing, repairing and re-use of products.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|During the reporting period the Trustees<br>have:<br>Secured grants to help with set-up<br>costs. These have covered insurance,<br>website costs and purchase of<br>equipment for charity use such as<br>shelving, signs and first aid kit.<br>Set up the website.<br>Advertised the Library of Things and<br>accepted, sorted and catalogued many<br>donations of used equipment from the<br>public.<br>By November 2022 the Trustees were<br>satisfied that there was enough<br>equipment to start making loans. The<br>library software (initial use donated by<br>MyTurn) was set up and the Library of<br>Things opened to the public on 12th<br>November 2022.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Trustees attended several events<br>during 2022 to promote the Library of<br>Things and, more generally, the idea of<br>sharing items and keeping them in use for<br>longer.<br>The Library of Things opened to the public<br>in November 2022. By 1stDecember 2022<br>more than 50 second-hand items had been<br>donated by the public. There were already<br>9 non-Trustee members of the Library of<br>Things and the first loan of an item had<br>been successfully made.|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|As of 1stDecember 2022, SHARE: Flitwick<br>and Ampthill has £1277 in the Co-operative<br>Bank. This is enough to pay for another<br>years insurance, pay for the website set-up<br>costs and cover several months of rent at<br>Flitwick Village Hall.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|At this point SHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill<br>does not have a reserves policy and holds<br>zero reserves. This is because we have<br>only been operating for a short time.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|n/a|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|‘Foundation’ model constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|SHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill is a CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|No changes in trustees have occurred<br>during this period|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|SHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill|
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|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1198511|
|Charity’s principal address|3 Chestnut Close<br>Westoning<br>Bedfordshire<br>MK45 5LR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Leisa Milne||||
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## – 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)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **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)** Leisa Alexandra Milne **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 18th November 2023 



|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
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|**SHARE: Flitwick and Ampthill**||**1198511**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|4th April 2022<br>Period start date<br>**For the period**<br>**from**|**To**|1st December 2022<br>Period end date|||




|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Council Grants|**1,700**||**-**||**-**||**1,700**||**-**|
|Rental income|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Donations|**5**||**-**||**-**||**5**||**-**|
|Membershipfees|**33**||**-**||**-**||**33**||**-**|
|Other Grants|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|Sale of inventoryassets|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**1,738**||**-**||**-**||**1,738**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|Insurance|**293**||||||||**-**|
|Website|**-**||||||||**-**|
|Room rental for Libraryof Things|**-**||||||||**-**|
|HostingRepair Cafes|**-**||||||||**-**|
|Sundries for maintenance / repairs|**-**||||||||**-**|
|Equipment for running Library / Repair<br>Café|**168**||||||||**-**|
|Itemspurchased for inventory|**-**||||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**461**||||||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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||**1,277**||||||**1,277**||**-**|
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||**1,277**||||||**1,277**||**-**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

11/17/2023 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**|**the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
||||**1,277**||**-**||**-**|
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||||**1,277**||**-**||**-**|
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||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Donated inventory items<br>Shelving, other furniture<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>#VALUE!||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>LEISA MILNE||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||||||Date of<br>approval|
||#VALUE!||LEISA MILNE||||**16/11/23**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

11/17/2023 

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