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|Objectives and Activit|ies||
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|Of the purposes Of|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefitof the public the|
|the charity as set out in its||conservation, protection and improvement of|
|governing document||the physical and natural environment and|
|||preservation of the historical architectural,|
|||archaeological and natural heritage of|
|||Landguard Point and surrounding areas by|
|||working with stakeholders and partners, and|
|||by providing or assisting in the provision of|
|||advice, supportand grants.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|During the yearended 31 March 2025 the<br>Trustcontinued to develop its role in|
|purposes for the public||supporting the conservation, protectionand|
|benefit, in particular, the||enhancement of the Landguard Peninsula|
|activities, projects or services||and its heritage, working closely with partner|
|identified in the accounts.||organisations and stakeholders. A significant|
|||milestone in the year was the Trust being<br>appointed as the Mayor of Felixstowe's|
|||Charity, which raised the Trust's profile|
|||locally and helped strengthen community|
|||engagement and support for Landguard's|
|||natural and historic environment Weworked|
|||with Greater Anglia and the Suffolk Coast|
|||DMO to install signage at key railway|
|||stations and a seasonal marketing|
|||campaign. The Trust also supported|
|||improved publicaccess to information and|
|||visitorengagement through the launch of a|
|||new combined website, Landguard.com,|
|||bringingtogether key information about the|
|||Landguard site and its activities in a clearer,|
|||more accessible format for residents,|
|||visitors, volunteers and supporters.|
|Statement confirming|Para 1.18|The trustees believe the objectives and|
|whether the trustees have||activities of the charit<br>meet the|





|had regard to the guidance|had regard to the guidance||guidance issued by the Charity|
|---|---|---|---|
|issued by|the Charity||Commission.|
|Commission on public||||
|benefit||||
|Additional information (optional)||||
|You ma|choose to include|furtherstatements|where relevant about:|
|||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||||
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|Financial Review|Financial Review|||
|---|---|---|---|
|Review of the charitVs||Para 1.21|LFCT remains well positioned financially as|
|financial position|at the end||the transfer ofstafffrom the local Council|
|Df the period|||along with the initial funding fhas settled|
||||down well. Key projects such as providing|
||||better broadband across the peninsulaand|
||||improving the signage around Felixstowe|
||||thanks to a generous grant from Steve Wiles|
||||the local Suffolk County Councillor.|
||||Designated funds have been allocated for|
||||the supportofongoing projects all made|
||||possible by the continuing support of East|
||||Suffolk Council and our local partners.|
|Statement explaining the||Para 1.22|Reserves are held in interestbearing|
|policy for holding|reserves||accounts until project funding is agreed by|
|stating why they|are held||the Trustees. This includes providing|
||||relevant grants to the othercharities that|
||||occupy areas of the Landguard Peninsula|
|Amount of reserves held||Para 1.22|At the end of the reporting period there|
||||Had been an increase in reserves to|
||||260, 156|
|Reasons for holding zero||Para 1.22||
|reserves||||
|Details of fund materially in||Para 1.24||
|deficit||||
|Explanation of any||Para 1.23||
|uncenaintiesabout the||||
|charity continuing as a going||||
|concern||||



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|Structure,Governance|an|d Man|agement|
|---|---|---|---|
|Description of charity's||||
|trusts:||||
|Type of governing document|Para|1.25|Trust Deed|
|(trustdeed<br>ro<br>charter||||
|How is the charity|Para|1.25|CIO|
|constituted?||||
|Association. C!Ci)||||
|Trusteeselection methods|Para|1.25|Independent Trustees nominated,|
|including details of any|||interviewed and voted on|
|constitutional provisions e.g.||||
|election to post or name of|||Representatives from:|
|any person or body entitled|||Landguard Fort Trust|
|to appoint one crmore|||Felixstowe Museum|
|trustees|||Bird Observatory|
||||East Suffolk District Council|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and|Para|1.51|
|---|---|---|
|training of trustees|||
|The charity's organisational<br>structure and any wider|Para|1.51|
|network with which the|||
|charity works|||
|Relationship with any related|Para|1.51|
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|Other|||





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|Charit|name|||Land<br>uard and Felixstowe ConservationTrust|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other|name the charit||uses||
|Re<br>istered chari||number||1198844|
|Charity's principal address||||H H B C Bungalow|
|||||View Point Road|
|||||Felixstowe|
|||||IPII 3TVV|



|me|s of the charity tr|usteeswho manage th|e charity|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole<br>ear|Name of person (or <br>toa<br>oint trustee|body) entitled<br>if an|
|1|David Gledhill|Chairman||||
|2|Kevin Sullivan|Hon. Treasurer||||
|3|Tim Buxbaum|||||
|4|Jan Candy|||East Suffolk District Council||
|5|Tim Clarke|||Landguard Fort Trust||
|6|Sharon Harkin|||Felixstowe Museum||
|7|Chris Hilton|||||
|8|Jenny Mayer|||English Heritage||
|9|David Pearson|||Bird Observatory||
|10|Siobhan Smith|||||
|11|KeithWilletts|||||





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|Names and a|ddresses of advise|rs (Optional information)|
|---|---|---|
|Type of|Name|Address|
|adviser|||
|Accountant|Dawn Johnson|5 Schneider Business Park, Felixstowe, IPl 1 3SS|



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|Trustees' Annual Report||
|Independent Examiner's Report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Statement of Cash flows|16|
|Notes to the Accounts|7 to 15|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|17 to 18|





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|for the year ended 31 March|2025|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
|||funds|funds|Total funds|Total funds|
|||2025|2025|2025|2024|
||Notes|||E||
|Income and endowments||||||
|from:||||||
|Donations and legacies|3|40|500|540|40|
|Charitableactivities|4|155,130|53,655|208,785|92,425|
|Investments|5|4,959||4,959|1,808|
|Other|6||||216,860|
|Total||160,129|54,155|214,284|311,133|
|Expenditure on:||||||
|Raising funds|7|1,229||1,229||
|Charitableactivities|8|73,903|26,261|100,164|55,941|
|Other|10|41,768|47,564|89,332|26,925|
|Total||116,900|73,826|190,725|82,866|
|Net gains on investments||||||
|Net income|11|43,229|(19,670)|23,559|228,267|
|Transfers betweenfunds||(19,670)|19,670|||
|Net income before other<br>gains/(losses)||23,559|o|23,559|228,267|
|Other gains and losses||||||
|Net movement in funds||23,559|o|23,559|228,267|
|Reconciliation of funds:||||||
|Total funds brought forward||236,597||236,597|(3,255)|
|Total funds carried forward||260,156|o|260,156|225,012|





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|at 31 March 2025||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Charity No. 1198844||2025|2024|
|Fixed assets||||
|Tangible assets|13|1,982||
|||1,982||
|Current assets||||
|Debtors|14|106,200|55,561|
|Cash at bank and in hand||155,783|189,616|
|||261,983|245,177|
|Creditors: Amountfalling due within one year|15|(3,809)|(8,580)|
|Net current assets||258,174|236,597|
|Total assets less current liabilities||260,156|236,597|
|Net assets excluding pension asset or liability||260,156|236,597|
|Total net assets||260,156|236,597|
|The funds of the charity||||
|Restrictedfunds|16|||
|Restricted income funds||||
|Unrestricted funds|16|||
|General funds||251,870|248,182|
|Designated funds||8,286|(11,585)|
|||260,156|236,597|
|Reserves|16|||
|Totalfunds||260,156|236,597|





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|Fund accounting||
|---|---|
|Unrestricted funds|These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the|
||general objects of the charity.|
|Designated funds|These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trusteesfor particular purposes.|
|Revaluation funds|These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing the|
||restatementof investment assets at their market values.|
|Restricted funds|These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor orthrough|
||terms of an appeal.|
|Income||
|Recognition of|Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity|
|income|becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of|
||the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.|
|Income with related|Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is|
|expenditure|reported gross in the SoFA.|
|Donations and|Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the|
|legacies|the SOFA when receivable and onlywhenthe Charity has unconditional entitlement|
||to the income.|
|Tax reclaims on|Income from tax reclaims is included in the SOFA at the same time as the|
|donations and gifts|gift/donation to which it relates.|
|Donated services|These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure)|
|and facilities|where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and|
||material.|
|Volunteer help|The value ofany volunteer help received is not included in the accounts.|
|Investmentincome|This is included in the accounts whenreceivable.|
|Gains/(losses) on|This includes any gain or loss resultingfrom revaluing investments to market value|
|revaluation offixed|at the end of the year.|
|assets||
|Gains/(losses) on|This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments.|
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|---|---|
|Recognition of|Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VATwhich|
|expenditure|cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it|
||relates.|
|Expenditure on|These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising|
|raising funds|trading costs and investment management costs.|
|Expenditure on|These comprise the costs incurred<br>by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and|
|charitable activities|services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making ofgrants and|
||governance costs.|
|Grants payable|All grant expenditure is accountedfor on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for|
||grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet|
||paid.|
|Governance costs|These includethose costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory|
||requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees,|
||costs linked to the strategicmanagementof the Charity, together with a share of|
||other administration costs.|
|Otherexpenditure|These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.|



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|2<br>|Statement of Financial Activities<br>- prior y|ear||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted||
||||funds|funds|Totalfunds|
||||2024|2024|2024|
|Income and endowmentsfrom:||||||
||Donations and legacies||40||40|
||Charitableactivities||79,628|12,797|92,425|
||Investments||1,808||1,808|
||Other||216,860||216,860|
|Total|||298,336|12,797|311,133|
|Expenditure on:||||||
||Charitableactivities||41,633|14,308|55,941|
||Other||20,520|6,405|26,925|
|Total|||62,153|20,713|82,866|
|Net|income||236,183|(7,916)|228,267|
|Transfers betweenfunds|||(7,916)|7,916||
|Net|income before other|||||
|gains/(losses)|||228,267|o|228,267|
|Other gains and losses:||||||
|Net|movement in funds||228,267|o|228,267|
|Reconciliation of funds:||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||8,330||8,330|
|Totalfunds carried forward|||236,597|o|236,597|
|3|Income from donations and legacies|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Donations|40|500|540|40|
|||40|500|540|40|
|4|Income from charitable activities|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Grant Income|155,130|50,055|205,185|90,325|
||Rental Income||3,600|3,600|2,100|
|||155,130|53,655|208,785|92,425|





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|5|Income from investments|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Interest Earned||4,959|4,959|1,808|
||||4,959|4,959|1,808|
|6|Other income|||||
|||||Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
|||||E|E|
||Landguard Partnership Funds<br>Transfer||||216,860|
||||||216,860|
|7|Expenditure on raising funds|||||
||||Unrestricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||||E|E||
||Fundraising trading costs|||||
||||845|845||
||||384|384||
||||1,229|1,229||
|8|Expenditure on charitable activities|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
|||||E|E|
||Expenditure on charitable|||||
||activities|||||
||Salary Costs|49,897|21,086|70,983|38,236|
||Pension Costs|9,497|5,175|14,672|9,550|
||Grants made|13,680||13,680||
||Governance costs|||||
||Meeting Costs|180||180|350|
||Independent Examination|600||600|500|
||Legal and Professional Fees|49||49|7,305|
|||73,903|26,261|100,164|55,941|





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|9|Analysis of grants|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Grants to|||
||Activity or programme||Institutions|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Felixstowe Museum||11,100|11,100||
||Bird Observatory||2,580|2,580||
||||13,680|13,680||
|||Activities|Grant|||
|||undertaken|funding of|||
||Activity or programme|directly|activities|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Felixstowe Museum||11,100|11,100||
||Bird Observatory|80|2,500|2,580||
|||80|13,600|13,680||
|10|Other expenditure|||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||2025|2024|
||Motor and travel costs||804|804|449|
||Premises costs|137|13,789|13,926|9,137|
||Amortisation, depreciation,|||||
||impairment, profit/loss on||445|445||
||disposal of fixed assets|||||
||General administrative costs|41,470|32,366|73,836|16,857|
||Legal and professional costs|161|160|321|482|
|||41,768|47,564|89,332|26,925|
|11|Net income beforetransfers|||||
||||2025||2024|
||This is stated after charging:||||E|
||Depreciation ofowned fixed assets||445|||
|12|Staff costs|||||
||Noemployee received emoluments in excess of E60,000.|||||
||The average monthly number offull time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:|||||
||||2025||2024|
||||Number||Number|
||General Management||1||1|
||Nature Reserve Mnaagement||1||1|
||Marketing and Events||1||1|
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||||Fixtures and|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Fittings||
||Cost or revaluation||||
||Additions||2,427|2,427|
||At 31 March 2025||2,427|2,427|
||Depreciation and||||
||impairment||||
||Depreciation charge for the||||
||||445|445|
||year||||
||At 31 March 2025||445|445|
||Net book values||||
||At 31 March 2025||1,982|1,982|
|14|Debtors||||
|||2025||2024|
||Trade debtors|105,952||55,561|
||Prepayments and accrued income|248|||
|||106,200||55,561|
|15|Creditors:||||
||amounts falling due within one year||||
|||2025||2024|
||Othertaxes and social security|1,674||2,483|
||Othercreditors|1,535|||
||Accruals|600||6,097|
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|Movement in funds||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Incoming||||
||At 1 April|resources<br>(including<br>other|Resources<br>expended|Gross<br>transfers|At 31<br>March<br>2025|
||2024|gains/losses)||||
|Restricted funds:||||||
|Restricted incomefunds:||||||
|Nature Reserve||24,155|(43,799)|19,643||
|Greater Anglia||30,000|(30,027)|27||
|Total||54,155|(73,826)|19,670||
|Unrestricted funds:||||||
|General funds|248,182|152,129|(83,763)|(64,678)|251,870|
|Designated funds:||||||
|Broadband Project|(3,258)||(1,471)|4,729||
|Brown Signage Project|(1,170)|8,000|(12,109)|5,279||
|Landguard Branding Project|(7,157)||(10,575)|20,000|2,268|
|Gateway Project|||(8,487)|10,000|1,513|
|Fort Facilities Project|||(495)|5,000|4,505|
|Total|(11,585)|8,000|(33,137)|45,008|8,286|
|Totalfunds|236,597|214,284|(190,725)||260,156|



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|Analysis of net assets between funds||||
|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||funds|funds||
|Fixed assets||1,982|1,982|
|Net current assets|258,174||258,174|
||258,174|1,982|260,156|





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|Reconciliation of net debt||||
|---|---|---|---|
||||At 31|
||At 1 April||March|
||2024|Cash flows|2025|
|Cash and cash equivalents|189,616|(33,833)|155,783|
||189,616|(33,833)|155,783|
|Net debt|189,616|(33,833)|155,783|





||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|
|Cash flows from operating activities|||
|Net income per Statement of Financial Activities|23,559|228,267|
|Adjustments for:|||
|Depreciation of property, plant and equipment|445||
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments|(4,959)|(218,668)|
|Othergains/losses|||
|Increase in trade and other receivables|(50,639)|(55,561)|
|(Decrease)/lncrease<br>in trade and other payables|(4,771)|8,580|
|Net cash used in operating activities|(36,365)|(37,382)|
|Cash flows from investing activities|||
|Payments for property, plant and equipment|(2,427)||
|Dividends, interest and rents from investments|4,959|218,668|
|Net cash from investing activities|2,532|218,668|
|Net cash from financing activities|||
|Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents|(33,833)|181,286|
|Cash and cash equivalents atthe beginning of the year|189,616|8,330|
|Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year|155,783|189,616|
|Components of cash and cash equivalents|||
|Cash and bank balances|155,783|189,616|
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|for the year ended 31 March 2025|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
||funds|funds|Total funds|Totalfunds|
||2025|2025|2025|2024|
|Income and endowments from:|||||
|Donations and legacies|||||
|Donations|40|500|540|40|
||40|500|540|40|
|Charitableactivities|||||
|Grant Incorne|155,130|50,055|205,185|90,325|
|Rental Income||3,600|3,600|2,100|
||155,130|53,655|208,785|92,425|
|Investments|||||
|Interest Earned|4,959||4,959|1,808|
||4,959||4,959|1,808|
|Other|||||
|Landguard Partnership Funds|||||
|Transfer||||216,860|
|||||216,860|
|Total income and endowments|160,129|54,155|214,284|311,133|
|Expenditure on:|||||
|Costs of other tradingactivities|||||
||845||845||
||384||384||
||1,229||1,229||
|Total cfexpenditure on raising<br>funds|1,229||1,229||
|Charitableactivities|||||
|Salary Costs|49,897|21,086|70,983|38,236|
|Pension Costs|9,497|5,175|14,672|9,550|
|Grants made|13,680||13,680||
||73,074|26,261|99,335|47,786|
|Governance costs|||||
|Meeting Costs|180||180|350|
|Independent Examination|600||600|500|
|Legal and Professional Fees|49||49|7,305|
||829||829|8,155|
|Total cfexpenditure on charitable<br>activities|73,903|26,261|100,164|55,941|
|Motor and travel costs|||||
|Vehicles<br>- Insurance and licences||294|294|449|





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|LANDGUARD AND FELIXSTOWECONSERVATI<br>Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|ON TRUST||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Vehicles<br>- Repairs and|||||
|maintenance||510|510||
|||804|804|449|
|Premises costs|||||
|Rates||438|438||
|Light, heat and power||4,239|4,239||
|Premises repairs and<br>maintenance|137|9,112|9,249|9,137|
||137|13,789|13,926|9,137|
|General administrative costs,|||||
|including depreciation and|||||
|amortisation|||||
|Depreciation of Fixtures and|||||
|Fittings||445|445||
|Project costs|33,137|30,027|63,164|11,404|
|General insurances||1,817|1,817|1,479|
|Marketing|100||100||
|Software,<br>IT supportand related|1,954|420|2,374|56|
|costs|||||
|Stationery and printing|96|102|198||
|Subscriptions|379||379|72|
|Sundry expenses|233||233|50|
|Telephone, fax and broadband|5,571||5,571|3,796|
||41,470|32,811|74,281|16,857|
|Legal and professional costs|||||
|Accountancy and bookkeeping|161|160|321|482|
||161|160|321|482|
|Total ofexpenditure of other costs|41,768|47,564|89,332|26,925|
|Total expenditure|116,900|73,826|190,725|82,866|
|Net gains on investments|||||
|Net income|43,229|(19,670)|23,559|228,267|
|Transfers betweenfunds|(19,670)|19,670|||
|Net income before other<br>gains/(losses)|23,559|o|23,559|228,267|
|Other Gains|||||
|Net movement<br>in funds|23,559|o|23,559|228,267|
|Reconciliation of funds:|||||
|Total funds brought forward|236,597||236,597|(3,255)|
|Totalfunds carried forward|260,156|o|260,156|225,012|





CHARITY COMMISSION
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report on the accounts
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members of
On accounts for the year
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 711 05 2azg
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attentio
) in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
apply.
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examiner wishes to
disclose.
nJ/h
IER
October 2018