## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/1/2024 To 31/12/2024** ## **Charity name: South Lakes Action on Climate Change tt** ## **Charity registration number: 1202875** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Facilitating and undertaking practical projects to
reduce carbon emissions and
increase climate resilience.
Raising awareness of and promoting a just climate
transition that addresses wellbeing, equity and
inclusion.| |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|Managing a waste food café and larder
distributing surplus food; promoting &
running related educational activities
connected to the outcomes of the citizen's
jury in Kendal| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees are aware of and act on CC
guidance| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We only make small grants of up to £500 to
projects agreed by trustees as fitting our
objectives. We monitor those as projects.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|We do not make investments except in our
own project in terms of facilities related to
the surplus food project| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We have 140 registered volunteers who
collect, manage, process and distribute
over 40 tonnes of surplus food a year| |||| 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|We have published an impact report which
demonstrates significant local social impact
on those who need food support as well as
wider environmental benefits such as a
significant carbon saving.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Last year we**
Increased the participation of members
and volunteers in our work by over
50%
Continued to develop Waste into
Wellbeing and Kendal People’s Café
and grew the collection and
distribution of food from local
businesses
instigated a regular meeting with the
Kendal Town Council to coordinate
activities and operationalized a 3-way
partnership with the Council and the
Eddington CiC. We hosted members of
the Climate Jury at the opening of the
Eddington| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We introduced a pay as you can point of
sale system which significantly increased
our ability to become closer to being self-
financing in the longer term| |||We did not make any investments| 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|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|We held £4000 as SLACC reserves for
future projects and a further £10000 in the
surplus food project in order to enable us to
be close to self-funding in 2027| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|We have a risk assessment in place which
identifies potential risks to the charity and
shows mitigating actions.| ## **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|Our funds come from donations, from
individuals, governmental and private
organisations.| |---|---|---| |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 (Association model)| |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|We have a statement of the duties of
trustees and invite applicants to send us
their biography outlining what they can
offer the charity. Trustees may be co-
opted during the year prior to election at
the next 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|Currently through dialogue and joining our
trustee meetings alongside a named
trustee to support them| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We have a relationship with the Eddington
Kendal Community Interest Company
which we were involved in establishing to
manage the building that we occupy at
106a Highgate Kendal known now as The
Eddington| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Duncan Pollard is both a Trustee of the
charity and a Director of the Eddington
Kendal CIC| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|South Lakeland Action on Climate Change| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SLACC tt| |Registered charity number|1202875| |Charity’s principal address|Stricklandgate House
C/0 92 Stricklandgate
Kendal,
LA9 4PU| ||| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Chris Rowley|Secretary||| ||Alan Lovett|Treasurer||| ||Anne Blackburn|||| ||Duncan Pollard|||| ||Anne Blackburn|||| ||Phil Clayton|||| ||Carole Wood|||| ||Kim Beaumont|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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)** |**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** ## **§** **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Christopher Michael Rowley|Alan Lovett| ||
Secretary|Treasurer| ||24/10/2025|| ||24/10/2025|| **Charity Name No (if any) South Lakes Action on Climate Change - Towards Transition 1202875 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |
Donations,legacies andgrants|**70**||**122,901**||**-**||**122,971**||**125,217**| |Gift Aid|**837**||**500**||**-**||**1,337**||**881**| |Interest on deposit account|**2,944**||**-**||**-**||**2,944**||**579**| |Members' subscriptions|**2,505**||**60**||**-**||**2,565**||**2,706**| |Testing|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Transfers|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**||**58,744**| |WiW Eddington Development|**-**||**610**||**-**||**610**||**-**| |Fund reconcilliation|**-**||**1,501**||**-**||**1,501**||**-**| |End ofyear Adjustments|**-**||**51**||**-**||**51**||**-**| |?????|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**7,356**||**125,623**||**-**||**132,978**||**188,127**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**188,127**| ||||||||||| |
Administration|**623**||**40,164**||**-**||**40,787**||**29,981**| |Advertising/Promotional|**-**||**2,653**||**-**||**2,653**||**841**| |Governance costs|**420**||**483**||**-**||**903**||**391**| |Grants and donationspaid|**-**||**2,400**||**-**||**2,400**||**-**| |Insurances|**296**||**100**||**-**||**396**||**276**| |Legal andprofessional fees|**-**||**1,143**||**-**||**1,143**||**-**| |Miscellaneous supplies|**-**||**5,374**||**-**||**5,374**||**4,732**| |Printing, postage, stationary and computer
supplies|**143**||**803**||**-**||**945**||**461**| |Rent/hire of rooms|**26**||**38,882**||**-**||**38,908**||**13,294**| |Repairs and maintenance|**-**||**57**||**-**||**57**||**50**| |Testing|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**10**| |Transfers|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**| |Fund reconcilliation|**-**||**1,501**||**-**||**1,501**||**-**| |RaisingFunds|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |WiW Eddington Development|**-**||**90,852**||**-**||**90,852**||**-**| |End ofyear Adjustments|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Event Management|**-**||**100**||**-**||**100**||**-**| |?????|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,509**||**184,510**||**-**||**186,019**||**51,037**| ||||||||||| |**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_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**51,037**| ||||||||||| ||**5,847**||||||||**137,090**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**9,172**||||||||**-**| ||**15,019**||||||||**137,090**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds** 05/02/2025 **funds** CCXX R1 accounts (SS) **Categories** 1 **Details** |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
Kitchen equipment (moved to Eddington)
Fridges, freezers (moved to Eddington)
Oven
Grill
Microwave
Induction range
Refridgeratod counter
**Details**
**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Unity Trust (CUO)
Cumberland
Unity Trust (CIO) current account
SUMUP
Unity Trust (CIO) savings account
Freezer counter
Various shelving, cupboard, benches etc
Pots & pans
**Details**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**58**
**265**
**4,497**
**20,669**
**601**
**2,764**
**9,293**
**42,713**
**570**
**2,620**
**15,019**
**69,031**
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Alan Lovett
Christopher Rowley|**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of approval| |||Alan Lovett|01/03/2024| |||Christopher Rowley|01/03/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 05/02/2025 2 STABLES THOMPSON & BRISCOE www.stb-accountants.co.uk Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of South Lakeland Action on Climate Change- Towards Transition (charity number 1202875) I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charitys trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the ACYI. I report in respect of my examination of the charitys accounts Carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1451511bl of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by sertion 130 of the Act," or the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding ofthe accounts to be reached. Helen Holmes BSCFCA IC4EW Stables Thompson & Briscoe Lowther House Lowther Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 4DX Date." 15 April 2025 Lob%rther House, Lowiher Street, Kendal. CuTnbria LA9 4DX Tel: 1015391720465 Email.. erNuiries@5&3ccountants.co.uk Unit 27, Cumberland House. Kirkby Stephen BUS1r￿$S Pdrk, St Luke's Road. KiTkby Stephen, Cumbria CAI 7 4HT Tel.. 1017683171272 Email- kirkby@St￿aCcount3nts.CO.uk stabl￿T￿¥S￿ & Bri50x Lld. Re￿￿e￿I in EWThJ. Cwrry 6329610 Regis￿red￿[￿. Ltrther￿ K￿d31. Cun4)ria LA9 4DX A l& ol DI￿ W*W.5knrtsnts.Ca￿ja￿xrt4￿￿r￿fl