**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **30 01 2023 31 21 2023 From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Waveney Bird Club **Other names charity is known by** WBC **Registered charity number (if any)** 1201773 **Charity's principal address** Cranes, The Street Rumburgh Suffolk **Postcode IP19 0JU** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Steve Piotrowski|President||| ||Mark Broughton|Chair||| ||John Garbutt|Vice Chairman||| ||Rebecca Bedwell|Secretary||| ||Vivienne Broughton|Treasurer||| ||Cheryl Deeks|MembershipSecretary||| ||Chris McIntyre|RingingLiaison||| ||Robert Flindall|Projects Officer||| ||Helen Gooderham|Events Organiser||| ||Donna Dean|Communications Officer||| ||Sue Alderman|||| ||Leslie Cuthbert|||| ||Mike Raven|||| ||WendyBainbridge||11.04.23 – 31.12.23|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution adopted 10[th] January 2022 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting held in April. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To advance the education of the public in the knowledge, study and conservation of birds in the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, with a particular focus on the Waveney area, and to promote the preservation and conservation of such birds, in particular (but without limitation) by: a) encouraging the submission of records of wildlife seen in the two counties; to publish records and other information for members and the public; and to share this information with other wildlife organisations as appropriate. b) managing or participating in the management of nature reserves; c) publishing newsletters or articles for the counties; d) liaising and working with local and national organisations and e) carrying out educational activities including indoor and field meetings, and ringing of birds, for the benefit of the membership and the wider public. Our main activities have been Outdoor meetings at various sites, these have been very popular. Monthly indoor meetings/talks from September to March. Bird ringing at various sites and ringing demonstrations at RSPB Minsmere. Construction of a Swift Tower at the Eels Foot Inn near Minsmere. (Completed 2024) The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are grateful for the time volunteers have spent ensuring that our activities are successful. Without the valuable contribution of the committee, outdoor meet leaders, speakers at indoor meetings, and the ringing demonstration team, we would not have been able to achieve so much. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: We are also grateful for the support of National Landscapes and other contributors to the success of the Swift Tower Project. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** There were well attended field meetings throughout the year and monthly indoor meetings during the winter months. The ringing team ringed 4307 birds over the year and the ringing demonstrations at RSPB Minsmere were a great success. There was huge progress on the Swift Tower Project at the Eels Foot Inn in Eastbridge. The nest chamber and totem pole were completed and sufficient funds were raised to complete the project. (The official opening was on the 7[th] May 2024) ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** Some of our reserves are ring fenced for specific projects. We aim to keep an operational reserve, adequate to cover any likely expenditure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** Not applicable ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: During 2023 a large proportion of our income was ring fenced grants for the Swift Tower Project. Turnover in subsequent years is expected to be significantly lower. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** M A Broughton Broughton **Full name(s)** Mark **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 04.08.24 ||**Waveney Bird Club**
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**from**|1/1/2023|**To**|12/31/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**||**to the nearest £**
**630**
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**24,925**
**651**
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**26,206**
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**26,206**
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**18,365**
**1,261**
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**19,626**
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**19,626**
**6,580**
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**16,599**
**23,179**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,900**
**1,392**
**24,925**
**651**
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**28,868**
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**28,868**
**1,602**
**157**
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**158**
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**21,543**
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**7,325**
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**19,792**
**27,117**|**Last year**
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Raffle income
Swift Tower Project
WBC RingingTeam(excl ringingsuppleme|**1,270**||**-**|**1,900**|**1,060**| ||**1,392**||**-**|**1,392**|**88**| ||**-**||**-**|**24,925**|**-**| ||n**-**||**-**|**651**|**-**| |Access for All Path|**-**||**-**|**-**|**16,598**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,662**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
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**charity’s own use**
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Cash at bank
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Projector, screen and audio equipment
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**Details**
Signature
M. V. Broughton
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account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,938**
**23,179**
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M. V. Broughton
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approval| ||M. V. Broughton|M. V. Broughton|8/4/2024| ||||| The ReS￿ted fiJThls can onty te used n) c£•nnec*t)n the ￿Ver￿Y Bird Club Ringing Team Iformedy Bioth'versty Ac*'cffl Pl￿1, Bam I￿13 Project Ifrymèrly Suffolk Communty Bam Prq'ectl, and the Swft Tower Prc¥e(*. The fvnds ￿at￿l in memory of Pa¢Jty Sh have been alIC￿ated to the Swft Towof Proj￿£ Al ftmds c(4knted ts the Ac£e65 for Al Path have been paid to RSP8 and the path is open. No fijrthef te alkKated to the Actsss for AJI Path. ACCOUNTING POUCIE8 Basls of a¢¢•unllnH The finanaal stalernents have been prepared on a.re￿pts and payments bask8'. therefore they 8ummarise cash movements onty during the firwKial year. Netting off Raffle inc(Jmè is stated nat of costs and c¢rtain èv8ftts Ir￿￿0 is thè SLYpIus relatiThJ to that event. a d￿cL￿a 30Iq 34-