## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025**
## **Charity name: Climate Hub**
## **Charity registration number: 1201216**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|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 & NES to**
**support their engagement in positive**
**actions that mitigate against and adapt**
**to the climate and ecological crises.**
**These activities have included raising**
**awareness through information sharing,**
**practical workshops, including learning**
**and creative opportunities, and**
**supporting people to deal with climate**
**distress through climate cafes.**
**Since appointing a freelance worker we**
**have greatly expanded our online /**
**virtual presence sharing focused**
**campaigns, and promoting Climate Hub**
**and partner events through our social**
**media platforms.**
**During the year we also moved into**
**premises, the old ticket office at Bath**
**Bus station, which greatly increased**
**opportunities for engaging with people**
**in person on a range of climate,**
**ecological and sustainability topics and**
**to work collaboratively with partner**
**organisations.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**As Trustees we have ongoing regard to**
**guidance issues by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
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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 a mix of regular volunteers and**
**those able to help on a more ad hoc**
**basis with specific tasks.**
**Since moving into the bus station space**
**in November 2024 volunteers have**
**enabled us to provide regular staffed**
**sessions at the Climate Hub. They also**
**helped us to prepare and move into the**
**space prior to opening.**
**Where we have undertaken events**
**outside of our premises volunteers have**
**assisted in running events and**
**activities.**
**Over the period we have been supported**
**by 30 volunteers with additional ad hoc**
**volunteer assistance. Based on the**
**period since the physical hub space**
**opened volunteers have contributed**
**around 1000 hours in preparing the**
**space, in engaging with visitors to the**
**Hub and holding events.**|
|Other||**We have provided training for**
**volunteers including a Climate Fresk**
**session to increase understanding of**
**the causes, connections and**
**consequences of climate change and**
**compassionate communication.**|
## **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|**We have created a public space that is open**
**9-6pm every day which offers information**
**and raises awareness through displays on a**
**range of climate and nature focused topics.**
**We also use the space to promote the work**
**of other local environmental groups,**
**signposting people to how to get involved in**
**positive action for climate and nature locally,**
**to reduce their carbon footprint, and support**
**nature and biodiversity. There is good**
**footfall through this space as it leads to a**
**cafe and public toilets for Bath Bus Station.**
**During our staffed sessions at the Hub,**
**currently Tuesday to Friday, 10am to**
**4pm, we have welcomed over 1000**
**visitors between November 2024 to**
**March 2025.**
**We have also created an online space**
**for information sharing and promotion**
**through our social media platforms.**
**People have benefitted by being able to**
**take away information we or partner**
**organisations have on display at the**
**Hub, including on: transport, increasing**
**energy efficiency of their homes,**
**accessing nature and how to get**
**involved in campaigning. An informal**
**lending library also provides books for**
**people to loan on a wide range of**
**environmental issues for both children**
**and adults.**
**By providing a space staffed by**
**volunteers people are able to have face**
**to face conversations and ask questions**
**about aspects of climate change and**
**environmental concerns.**
**Since moving into the Hub we have held**
**workshop style events including a**
**greener Christmas, plant based diets,**
**and a local and environmental focused**
**International Women’s Day.**
**For example, in the New Year 2025 we**
**showcased the role that plant based**
**food can have in mitigating climate**
**change - we partnered with a local**
**vegan caterer to hold a cookery**
**demonstration and tasting session,**
**shared the work of the Plant based**
**councils movement and developed our**
**own Food display and quiz to engage**
**with visitors to the Hub.**|
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**We held regular craftivism evenings and climate cafes, offering 2 different quieter spaces where people could come together to share their feelings around the climate crisis and create items including from natural objects.**
**One key ongoing campaign which has been shared in the physical hub space and the virtual space is ‘Small Changes, Big Differences’ with monthly themes encouraging everyday climate actions.**
**As well as arranging our own events we have taken part in events organised by other organisations e.g. Bath College’s Sustainability Fair engaging primarily with young people,a children’s craft stall at the Festival of Nature in Bath city centre, helped welcome new students at Bath Spa university, and represented the Hub at Peasedown St John Green Fair. 1,000 people directly engaged at the Hub (estimated) from opening in November 374 people on our mailing list 30 volunteers providing support 17 engagement events/activities 2 radio interviews (KTCFM, Radio Bath) Social media between August 2024 and the end of March 2025: Instagram: monthly Reach increased from 246 to 1,010 with the highest Reach in November at 1,372. Facebook:monthly Reach increased from 337 to 3,941. Examples of feedback are given below, From visitors to the hub: “Im going to bring my grandchildren in - this will be a great place for them to learn” “I’m sharing Climate hub info with my friends at school- I’ll pop in again soon” “This place is really chilled … It’s brilliant at connecting people with nature” And from partners: “Climate friendly Bradford on Avon is truly grateful for the support, inspiration**
**and initiative shown by Climate Hub Banes. Together we are stronger” At Share and Repair we are pleased to work closely with the Climate Hub. They are fantastic at signposting people to the support they need and also at providing support to us and other local environmental charities. Thank you to the team !”**
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**In addition to engaging with a large number of people through our face to** Achievements against Para 1.41 **face and virtual engagement activities** objectives set **we have in this period:**
- **Appointed a freelance coordinator to develop our work including our online presence and volunteering programme**
- **Accessed grant funding of £10,000**
- **Held our first AGM in May 2025**
- **Negotiated a Tenancy at Will for the old ticket office at Bath bus station**
- **Opened the Climate Hub in mid-November**
|||**Our fundraising has performed**|
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|||**according to plan. We started to**|
|Performance of fundraising||**accelerate our fundraising from the**|
|activities against objectives|Para 1.41|**middle of the year as we expanded our**|
|set||**staffing and that gave us the capacity to**|
|||**direct more time to fundraising.**|
**N/A** Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our financial position was sound. We**
**have sufficient funding to keep us**
**operating at the current rate for the**
**whole of the 2025/26 financial year.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|
**We do not hold specific reserves**
**beyond cash in bank.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Zero**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We have no purposes for which specific**
**reserves would be required.**|
|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|**None at present.**|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Our primary source is grant funding**
**raised from local philanthropic sources**
**as well as national sources such as the**
**National Lottery Community Fund.**
**Our secondary source is donations from**
**supporters. **|
|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 ever, our principal financial risk is a**
**potential drop in grant funding. We**
**have created and filled a part-time**
**dedicated fundraising role. We maintain**
**a monthly cashflow forecast that**
**provides us with a rolling 12-month**
**forward visibility and we can adjust our**
**rate of monthly spending should that**
**become necessary or prudent.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Association**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
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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 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.**|
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|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|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Climate Hub (name changed–7/8/25|
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|Other name the charity uses|None|
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Registered charity number|1201216|
|Charity’s principal address|24 Brookfield Park
Bath
BA1 4JF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Nam**
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**pers**
**on**
**(or**
**body**
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**entitl**
**ed to**
**appo**
**int**
**trust**
**ee (if**
**any)**|
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||Natalie Barnett|||
||Melanie Clarke|Chair||
||Carmen Jones|||
||Amanda Lake|||
||John Leach|Treasurer||
||Lin Patterson||Upto AGM May2024|
||Sue Poole|Secretary|From July2024|
||Grace Wiltshire|||
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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 N/A
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)**|**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**||
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|**Full Name**|**Ms Melanie Clarke**|
|**Position**|**Chair**|
|**Date**|**07/01/26**|
|**Signature**||
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|**Full name**|**Ms Susan Poole**|
|**Position**|**Secretary**|
|**Date**|**07/01/26**|
|**Signature**||
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|**Full name**|**Dr John Leach**|
|**Position**|**Treasurer**|
|**Date**|**07/01/26**|
**Climate Hub Bath & North East Somerset 1201216 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 4/1/2024 to 3/31/2025**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
|Initial loan|-||-||-||-||**1,000**|
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|Grants|10,000||-||-||10,000||**65,700**|
|Donations|707||-||-||707||**507**|
|Bank interest|110||-||-||110||**37**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**10,816**||**-**||**-**||**10,816**||**67,244**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales**||||||||||
|None|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Total receipts_ **|**10,816**||**-**||**-**||**10,816**||**67,244**|
## **A3 Payments**
|Repayinitial loan|-||-||-||-||**1,000**|
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|Staff / contractors|12,100||||||12,100||**-**|
|Equipment|2,545||-||-||2,545||**362**|
|Consumables|1,794||-||-||1,794||**541**|
|Runningcosts|4,312||-||-||4,312||**2,949**|
|Transaction fees|26||-||-||26||**2**|
|**_Sub total_**|**20,777**||**-**||**-**||**20,777**||**4,854**|
## **A4 Asset purchases**
|Previousyear's asset purchases|||||||||1,362|
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|Two sets of displaystands|267||-||-||267||-|
|Hot water urn|120||-||-||120||-|
|Fridge|160||-||-||160||-|
|IT equipment|327||-||-||327||-|
|**_Sub total_ **|**874**||**-**||**-**||**874**||**1,362**|
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|**_Total payments_ **|**21,652**||**-**||**-**||**21,652**||**6,216**|
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **|**- 10,835**||**-**||**-**||**- 10,835**||**61,028**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**- 10,835**||**-**||**-**||**- 10,835**||**61,028**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
CAFBank current account
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
None
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
None
**Details**
Various assets as per the asset register
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
None
Signature
Treasurer
Chair
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by the Treasurer and one other
trustee on behalf of all trustees|**Categories**
**Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
CAFBank current account
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
None
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
None
**Details**
Various assets as per the asset register
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
None
Signature
Treasurer
Chair
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by the Treasurer and one other
trustee on behalf of all trustees|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
50,191
-
**50,191**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
General
**2,237**
**-**
Print Name
John Leach
Mel Clarke
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Aggregate**
**purchase cost**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||-|
||||**-**|
||||OK
**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**Value at year end**|
||||**1,775**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||||Date of
approval|
|Treasurer||John Leach|7-Jan-26|
|Chair||Mel Clarke|7-Jan-26|