## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 5 December 2022 to 31 March 2024** ## **Charity name: Climate Hub Bath & North East Somerset** ## **Charity registration number: 1201216** ## **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 in Bath and North East**
**Somerset and its surrounding area by**
**providing education, information, advice**
**and support on climate and ecological**
**issues and sustainable living.**| |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|**Our main activities have focused on**
**connecting with people in Bath and**
**North East Somerset to support their**
**engagement in positive actions that**
**mitigate against and adapt to the climate**
**and ecological crises. These activities**
**have included information sharing,**
**practical workshops and projects,**
**seminars, creative opportunities and**
**support to help people deal with climate**
**distress.**
**We engage with individual members of**
**the public and work collaboratively with**
**partner organisations.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**As Trustees we have ongoing regard to**
**guidance issues by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |||| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have been supported in our**
**activities by a host of volunteers,**
**including ad-hoc support with specific**
**matters and many volunteers who have**
**helped regularly with our outreach and**
**engagement events. Over the period we**
**have been supported by 40 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|**Between 05 December 2022 and 31**
**March 2024 we have:**
**1,500 people directly engaged;**
**241 people on our mailing list;**
**40 volunteers providing support**
**33 partners working collaboratively**
**17 engagement events;**
**4 radio interviews.**
**Our engagement events and other**
**activities have enabled us to engage**
**with a large number of people, sharing**
**information about different aspects of**
**climate and biodiversity, and supporting**
**people to engage in positive ways to**
**reduce their carbon footprint, and**
**support nature and biodiversity.**
**People have benefitted by being able to**
**take away information we or partner**
**organisations have shared; to have 1-2-1**
**conversations and ask questions about**
**aspects of climate change and**
**environmental concerns, to try out**
**plant-based food and to enjoy time**
**making nature-based crafts. We also**
**held a climate café providing a safe**
**space for people to share their concerns**
**and anxieties around the climate crisis.**
**Examples of the feedback we have**
**received are given below:**| |**"It's encouraging to see the Climate Hub**| |---| |**in action - it makes me feel more able to**| |**get involved in positive actions for the**| |**climate"**| |**“Really exciting, difficult to hear,**| |**beautifully designed”**| |**“Amazing to see the work being done in**| |**the community! We’ll circulate with**| |**members of the university”**| |**“Very good since I wasn’t aware of all**| |**these actions / activities and**| |**organisations around Bath! Climate**| |**change is the human challenge”**| |**“Excellent space to learn about the**| |**climate and for our children to enjoy the**| |**outdoors”**| |**“We’ve come to get inspired.**| |**Thankyou”**| |**Activities within events have included:**| |•
**Children’s and adult nature craft**| |**activities;**| |•
**Eye-catching installations and**| |**displays that highlight different**| |**aspects of the climate or nature**| |**crisis;**| |•
**Vegan bakes and tasters;**| |•
**Information, quizzes and practical**| |**‘top tips’ about a range of issues;**| |•
**Great Green Reads / library and**| |**upcycling / recycling clothes**| |**swaps;**| |•
**Campaigns to support;**| |•
**Time and space for 1-2-1**| |**conversations.**| |**We share space wherever possible with**| |**other environmentally-focussed groups.**| |**For example, at our Springtime**| |**Assembly held at the National Trust**| |**Assembly Rooms in March 2024, we**| |**were able to share the space with 12**| |**other organisations – enabling people to**| |**engage with a range of local**| |**organisations on a variety of climate,**| |**ecological issuers and sustainable**| |**living.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**In addition to engaging with a large**
**number of people through engagement**
**events and pop-ups, we have worked to**| |---|---|---| |||**progress organisational aims which will**
**help us to develop what we are able to**
**offer to people in Bath and North East**
**Somerset.**
**These included:**
•
**winning a competition to develop a**
**website;**
•
**receiving funding to enable us to**
**recruit a paid worker to support our**
**development;**
•
**continuing our search for central**
**premises which will enable us to**
**establish a more permanent**
**presence in Bath.**
**These tasks are in hand and ongoing**
**into the following financial year.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our financial position is substantially**
**stronger at the end of the period than**
**expected due to a large and**
**transformative donation from the PAR**
**Charitable Trust.**
**Our income for the year has been in**
**excess of £67,000; our expenditure has**
**been £6,217 of which running costs**
**have consumed slightly less than £3000.**
**We end the year with tangible assets**
**worth £1,362 and cash in the bank of**
**£61,000.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have no formal policy for the holding**
**of reserves.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Our cash in the bank far exceeds our**
**current and expected operating costs**
**for the next 12 months. We keep our**
**outgoings under continual review and**
**will develop a policy if and when it**
**seems appropriate.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no such uncertainties at the**
**present time.**| ## **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|**PAR Charitable Trust**
**Awards from All**
**BWCE (Bath and West Community**
**Energy) Fund**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**As we have grown, we have taken on a**
**small number of monthly overheads. By**
**far, the largest of these is the hiring of a**
**Development and Project**
**Coordinator. We have sufficient funds**
**to cover this cost for in excess of 12**
**months even if we are unable to obtain**
**any fresh grants or donations. Hence, at**
**present, we consider this a low risk**
**exposure.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Association constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Our constitution sets out our rules for**
**Trustees retiring by rotation, the number**
**of terms Trustees are able to serve and**
**the role of Climate Hub members in**
**appointing Trustees, either at the AGM**
**or at other times.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**We have a 1-2-1 induction procedure**
**with an experienced Trustee. All**
**Trustees have access to all the training**
**they might need.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity is a stand-alone charity with**
**no hierarchical organisational structure.**
**We work with mutually-independent**
**local partners and the local authority.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Climate Hub Bath & North East Somerset| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Climate Hub BANES| |Registered charity number|1201216| |Charity’s principal address|24 Brookfield Park
Bath
BA1 4JF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Natalie Barnett|||| ||Melanie Clarke|Chair||| ||Carmen Jones|||| ||Amanda Lake|||| ||John Leach|Treasurer||| ||Lin Patterson|||| ||Sue Poole|Secretary||| |||||| – 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 There are none. held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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 ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Ms Sue Poole|Dr John Leach| ||

Secretary|Treasurer| |||| |||| ## **Climate Hub Bath & North East Somerset** **Climate Hub Bath & North East Somerset 1201216 Receipts and payments accounts For the period 01/01/2023 to 31/03/2024** ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
1,000
65,700
507
37
**67,243**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
-
-
-
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
-
-
-
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
1,000
65,700
507
37
**67,243**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Initial loan|1,000|-|-|1,000|**-**| |Grants|65,700|-|-|65,700|**-**| |Donations|507|-|-|507|**-**| |Bank interest|37|-|-|37|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**67,243**|**-**|**-**|**67,243**|**-**| ## **A2 Asset and investment sales** |None|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**|||||||||| ||**67,243**||**-**||**-**||**67,243**||**-**| ## **A3 Payments** |Repayinitial loan|1,000||-||-||1,000||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Equipment|362||-||-||362||**-**| |Consumables|541||-||-||541||**-**| |Runningcosts|2,949||-||-||2,949||**-**| |SumUpfees|2||-||-||2||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**4,855**||**-**||**-**||**4,855**||**-**| ## **A4 Asset purchases** |SumUpmachine|95|95|95|95|95|95|95|95|-| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Foldable tables|185||||||||-| |Displayboards - two sets|1,082||||||||-| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,362**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||**6,217**||**-**||**-**||**6,217**||**-**| ||**61,026**
**-**
**-**
**61,026**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**61,026**
**-**
**-**
**61,026**||| ||**61,026**||**-**||**-**||**61,026**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**61,026**||**-**||**-**||**61,026**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by the Treasurer and one other
trustee on behalf of all trustees
Treasurer
Chair
Signature
None
None
**Details**
SumUp machine
Foldable tables
Display boards
**Details**
CAFBank current account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**Details**
None|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by the Treasurer and one other
trustee on behalf of all trustees
Treasurer
Chair
Signature
None
None
**Details**
SumUp machine
Foldable tables
Display boards
**Details**
CAFBank current account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**Details**
None|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
61,026
-
**61,026**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
General
**-**
General
**-**
General
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
Print Name
John Leach
Mel Clarke|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||-| ||||**-**| ||||OK
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |Treasurer||John Leach|| |Chair||Mel Clarke|| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/01/2025 2 THE CLIMATE HUB BATH AND PK)RTh EAST SOIERSEr Independent Examinerfs Report to the Truskes of The Ckn B*h & PE I report to the trustees on my examinatjcn ￿ tre X£Txxts & hE Somerset for the year ended 31 2024 Responsibilities and basis of repcKt with the requirements of Ch￿rt￿ kt 2011 th A•l-I I report in respect of my examinati￿ Ckn* 8¥h & ￿ S￿￿'s xcr*rn carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act artsj in Ca￿r￿j txrt my exaM￿laDY I followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145IS Jibi of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matter5 have c(me to my attentw)n in connection with the examinatson giving me cause to bel￿ ttwt nBterial respecl accounting records were not kept in acccKdan¢e wrth sec1W￿ 130 of the Act.. ¢x 2. the accounts do not a¢¢ord with the accountir@ records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in conne¢tion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Jo￿lYn Nichols Laira Priston Bath BA2 9EB Date.. . 10 September 2024..