## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: Period start date 1[st] May 2023 To: Period end date 30[th] April 2024** **Charity name: The Elements Foundation** ## **Charity registration number: 1199399** ## **Company number:** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote for the benefit of the public**
**the conservation, protection and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment of east Devon.**
**To advance the education of the public in**
**the conservation, protection and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment.**| |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 improvement of the land at Higher**
**Marley Road, to encourage biodiversity**
**and habitat.**
**To advance the education of the public in**
**these particular areas**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees of the charity shall exercise**
**his or her powers as a trustee to act**
**within the guidance of the Charity**
**Commission, to advance public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements 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 volunteers Other ## **Achievements and performance** ||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 charity is currently undertaking work**
**on the land at Higher Marley Road, to**
**improve its function for wildlife and**
**biodiversity,**
**Trees have been collected and planted**
**from the Woodland Trust. 420 large year**
**round saplings have been ordered and**
**are due to be planted. The surrounding**
**area is constantly subject to planning**
**applications, so these pieces of land are**
**being maintained and improved for local**
**wildlife.**
**A pond is being constructed to**
**encourage local wildlife back into the**
**area.**
**The site is being improved to hold**
**education activities in the future, when**
**the outbuildings and areas are complete.**| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The land is protected for the use of local**
**wildlife. The site is being constantly**
**improved for biodiversity.**| |---|---|---| |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|**The charity did not ask for or receive any**
**income this year. It focused on the**
**development of the land and maintaining**
**the habitat.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity will hold a reserve of £1,000**
**to cover any unforeseen expenditure.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1,000**| |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|| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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|**The charity’s principal source of funds**
**currently is donation. It has no**
**outgoings. The charity will look to add**
**fundraising to its sources when there is**
**more public involvement.**| |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:||**The charity is to benefit the public by**
**protecting and improving the physical**
**environment of East Devon.**| |---|---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |---|---|---| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
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|**Trustees have been selected that are**
**educators, some with specific subject**
**knowledge in geography, experience as**
**trustees and interest in the environment.**| |||| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Para 1.51 Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**The Elements Foundation**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**N/A**| |Registered charitynumber|**1199399**| |Charity’s principal address|**Three Oaks, Higher Marley Road, Exmouth, EX8 5DT**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**
1 Abigail Chubb
Chair
2 Bethan Laing
3 TimothyLowe
4 Andrew Harvey
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Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Abigail Chubb|Chair|||| ||Bethan Laing||||| ||TimothyLowe||||| ||Andrew Harvey||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| |**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**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s)** Timothy Lowe (trustee) **Full name(s)** Abigail Chubb **Position (for example** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 06/02/2025 ||**The Elements Foundation**
**Charity Name**|**The Elements Foundation**
**Charity Name**|**The Elements Foundation**
**Charity Name**|**The Elements Foundation**
**Charity Name**|**The Elements Foundation**
**Charity Name**|**1199399**
**No (if any)**|**1199399**
**No (if any)**|**1199399**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||1st May 2023
Period start date||**To**||30th April 2024
Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**8,224**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**8,224**| ||||||||||| |
Bank charges|**60**||**-**||**-**||**60**||**-**| |Solicitor fees|**4,884**||**-**||**-**||**4,884**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**4,944**||**-**||**-**||**4,944**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**- 4,944**||||||||**8,224**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**- 4,944**||||||||**8,224**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 06/02/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|2
Signature
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|06/02/2025
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**3,280**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
OK
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Date of approval
06/02/2025
**06/02/2025**
Print Name
Abigail Chubb
Timothy Lowe|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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