## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 March 2024 to 28 February 2025** ## **Charity name: Gloucestershire Archaeology** ## **Charity registration number: 1201251** ## **CIO number CE030903** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public**
**in the history, archaeology and related**
**subjects in Gloucestershire through**
**lectures, conferences and field events;**
**to undertake and provide grants for**
**archaeological and local historical**
**research and fieldwork; to issue reports**
**and other publications on**
**its work; to maintain links with other**
**like-minded bodies and to perform a**
**representative role in**
**respect to threats to archaeology.**| |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|**8 public lectures and three visits to**
**archaeological/historical sites during the**
**period, and two excavations and two**
**geophysical surveys undertaken. Annual**
**journal published. Annual grant**
**awarded.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The Charity has one restricted fund**
**relating to a legacy by a member. This is**
**to be used to make a grant of up to**
**£1,000 once a year towards publication**
**of a piece of archaeological research**
**relating to Gloucestershire.**
**Applications are reviewed by all the**
**Trustees and the decision made by**
**simple majority. Any trustee with an**| |||**interest in the piece of work takes no**
**part in the discussion or voting.**| |---|---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All activities are run by volunteers and**
**volunteers contribute time and funds**
**towards preparation and analysis of**
**finds from excavations.**| |Other||**GlosArch participated in the annual**
**Archaeology in Gloucestershire**
**symposium.**| ## **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|**The Charity has increased the number**
**of fieldwork activities undertaken with**
**volunteers and has successfully**
**delivered the lecture series and journal.**
**This has delivered educational benefits**
**to members in terms of skills learnt**
**during fieldwork and knowledge**
**imparted in lectures.**
**The Trustees authorised a grant of £650**
**from the restricted Frocester**
**Publication Fund to support the**
**publication of an archaeological report**
**which otherwise would not have been**
**available to the public. The amount was**
**not paid out in this year as invoice had**
**not been received by 28.2.2025. The**
**work has subsequently been**
**undertaken.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |||| 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|**The accounts are prepared on receipts**
**and payments basis.**
**This year’s income includes a grant of**
**£2,000 to cover costs relating to an**
**excavation that have not yet been**
**expended, and costs of £300 relating to**
**income received in the following**
**financial year. Exclusion of these**
**figures leaves the Charity with a healthy**
**surplus of £2,024.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity’s cash reserves are the**
**surpluses brought forward from the**
**previous non incorporated Charity of**
**the same name and the surplus arising**
**in subsequent years. These are kept as**
**a buffer against the future possibility of**
**a fall in membership numbers and/or a**
**rise in running costs, also contingency**
**planning for any future equipment**
**needs or website development.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£13,618**| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Membership subscriptions**
**Grants made by third parties to cover**
**fieldwork equipment and finds analysis**
**Other small donations**| |---|---|---| |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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g 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 are selected from the**
**membership by election at the AGM.**| ## **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|**Trustees receive an induction pack once**
**elected.**| |---|---|---| |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||| **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Gloucestershire Archaeology| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|GlosArch| |Registered charitynumber|**1201251**| |Charity’s principal address|15 Lansdown Parade, Cheltenham, GL50 2LH| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr PhillipCox|Hon Secretary||| ||Mrs SallyNicholas|Hon Treasurer||| ||Mr Michael Hare|President||| ||Miss Angela
Newcombe|Membership
Secretary||| ||Mr Neil Cathie|Fieldwork Director||| ||Mr Terry Moore-
Scott|||| ||Mrs Sophie Beckett|||| ||Mr David Jones|Summer visits
organiser||| ||Mr Michael Milward|Chairman||| ||Mrs Susan
Clemmitt|||| ||Dr Les Comtesse|Production editor,
Glevensis||| ||Dr Tim Copeland|Editor-in-chief,
Glevensis||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 None 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)**| |---|---|---| |**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 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**||| |---|---|---| ||Dr Phillip Cox|Sally Nicholas| ||

Hon Secretary|Hon Treasurer| ||10/12/2025|| ||10/12/2025|| ||**Gloucester Archaeology**|**Gloucester Archaeology**|**Gloucester Archaeology**|**Gloucester Archaeology**|**Gloucester Archaeology**|**CE030903**
**1201251**|**CE030903**
**1201251**|**CE030903**
**1201251**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/03/2024||**To**||28/02/2025||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,866**
**108**
**958**
**448**
**-**
**141**
**276**
**-**
**5,797**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,797**
**150**
**348**
**93**
**868**
**871**
**300**
**30**
**24**
**50**
**321**
**20**
**281**
**884**
**4,240**

**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,240**
**1,557**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,960**
**166**
**-**
**-**
**3,126**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,126**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**960**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**960**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**960**
**2,166**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**3,866**
**108**
**958**
**448**
**2,960**
**307**
**276**
**-**
**8,923**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Member Subscriptions|**3,866**||||||||**-**| |Glevensisjournal sales to 3rdparties|**108**||||||||**-**| |Educational visits|**958**||||||||**-**| |Donations received|**448**||||||||**-**| |Grants received|**-**||||||||**-**| |Bank Interest|**141**||||||||**-**| |Gift aid|**276**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**5,797**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||**8,923**||**-**| ||||||||**150**
**348**
**93**
**868**
**871**
**1,260**
**30**
**24**
**50**
**321**
**20**
**281**
**884**
**-**
**5,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,200**

**3,723**||| |
Lecturers Expenses|**150**||||||||**-**| |Hire of Hall for meetings|**348**||||||||**-**| |Affiliation Fees|**93**||||||||**-**| |Insurance|**868**||||||||**-**| |Glevensis Journal Printing& Postage|**871**||||||||**-**| |Analysis of Finds|**300**||||||||**-**| |DBS checks|**30**||||||||| |Stationery|**24**||||||||| |Charitable donations|**50**||||||||**-**| |Website & Technical maintenance|**321**||||||||**-**| |Fieldwork Equipment|**20**||||||||**-**| |Lecture Equipment|**281**||||||||**-**| |Educational Visit Costs|**884**||||||||**-**| |Annual Grant made from Frocester Publication
Fund
**_Sub total_ **|||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**1,557**||**2,166**||**-**||
**3,723**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**12,061**||**12,369**||**-**||**24,430**||**-**| ||**13,618**||**14,535**||**-**||
**28,153**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/12/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of
all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Co-op Bank High Interest Account

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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,473**
**-**
**8,980**
**1,165**
**2,000**
**12,535**
**13,618**
**14,535**
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PHILLIPCOX|**Endowment**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| |||SALLY NICHOLAS|**10/12/2025**| ||2|PHILLIPCOX|**10/12/2025**
11/12/2025|