**Charity Name No (if any) South Lakes Action on Climate Change - Towards Transition 1202875** **CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/01/2025|**To**|Period end date
31/12/2025| |---|---|---|---| ## **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|**14,942**||**101,389**||**-**||**116,331**||**120,580**| |Gift Aid|**20**||**1,175**||**-**||**1,195**||**1,337**| |Interest on deposit account|**1,420**||**377**||**-**||**1,797**||**2,944**| |Members' subscriptions|**1,142**||**1,733**||**-**||**2,875**||**2,565**| |Transfers|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**| |WiW Eddington Development|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**610**| |Fund Value Adjustments|**469**||**8,137**||**-**||**8,607**||**-**| |Fund reconcilliation|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,501**| |End ofyear Adjustments|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**51**| |Eddington CIC|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**17,994**||**112,810**||**-**||**130,804**||**130,588**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**130,588**| ||||||||||| |
Administration|**11,070**||**59,430**||**-**||**70,500**||**40,787**| |Advertising/Promotional|**506**||**11,088**||**-**||**11,594**||**2,653**| |Governance costs|**100**||**2,026**||**-**||**2,126**||**849**| |Grants and donationspaid|**-**||**2,186**||**-**||**2,186**||**2,400**| |Insurances|**-**||**502**||**-**||**502**||**396**| |Legal andprofessional fees|**-**||**300**||**-**||**300**||**1,143**| |Miscellaneous supplies|**602**||**12,398**||**-**||**12,999**||**5,374**| |Printing, postage, stationary and computer
supplies|**67**||**847**||**-**||**913**||**945**| |Rent/hire of rooms|**-**||**1,565**||**-**||**1,565**||**38,908**| |Repairs and maintenance|**71**||**468**||**-**||**539**||**57**| |Fund reconcilliation|**-**||**-**||||||**1,501**| |RaisingFunds|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |WiW Eddington Development|**10,000**||**-**||**-**||**10,000**||**90,852**| |Fund Value Adjustments|**1,001**||**7,606**||**-**||**8,607**||**-**| |Event Management|**-**||**40**||**-**||**40**||**100**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**23,416**||**98,456**||**-**||**121,872**||**185,965**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**185,965**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||**- 55,377**| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**137,090**| ||||||||||**81,713**| |**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**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Unity Trust (CUO)
Cumberland
Unity Trust (CIO) current account
Unity Trust (CIO) savings account
SUMUP POS account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Eddington IT - 75" flat screen
Eddington IT - iPad
**Details**
Eddington kitchen - fridges etc.
Eddington kitchen - oven, hobs etc.
Eddington kitchen - other|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**132**
**6,101**
**577**
**2,711**
**76**
**9,596**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
Waste into Wellbeing
Waste into Wellbeing
Waste into Wellbeing
Waste into Wellbeing
Waste into Wellbeing
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**1,118**
**51,524**
**4,873**
**22,894**
**640**
**81,048**
OK
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**1,951**| |||||**6,615**| |||||**3,837**| |||||**2,000**| |||||**315**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
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Alan Lovett|Date of approval| |Alan Lovett|07/02/2026
01/03/2026| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) SIGN Christopher Rowley **01/03/2026** CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 07/02/2026 3 # **South Lakeland Action on Climate Change – towards transition** # **Charity Commission no. 1202875** # **Annual Accounts 2025** ## Supplementary Notes SLACC Charitable Incorporated Organisation No 1202875 In July 2023 we sought and received approval to establish this CIO charity. It retains the name of our existing unincorporated charity, South Lakes Action on Climate Change – towards transition. Due to ongoing legal action, we had to retain the funds for our Cumbria Coal Mine Campaign in our original organisation. Over 2023, with the approval of our funders, we transferred the remainder of our funds into this organisation. The Kendal Eddington CIC is asset locked to the SLACC CIO. In 2025 we received no income and made no expenditure from or to them. Signed Alan Lovett, SLACC-tt Treasurer 15th March 2026 **d** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/2025 To 31/12/2025** **Charity name: South Lakeland 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|Since 2024 we are producing an updated
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. In addition we
have expanded our educational work with a
number of local schools including one
special needs school. Half term and
holiday cooking activities for families is
another innovation in 2025.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Last year we**
Continued to Increase the participation
of members and volunteers in our work
Continued to develop Waste into
Wellbeing and Kendal People’s Café
and grew the collection and
distribution of food from local
businesses
Developed further educational work
and fundraising events.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Now independent of fundraising for our
core activities but using funding for
educational and other activities| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|We did not make any investments| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We hold a current balance of £90,645| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have a policy to be able to continue our
activities for at least 9 months without
further funding,| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|We held £4000 as SLACC reserves for
future projects and a further £20,000 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.
In 2026 we raised funds and recruited paid
support to alleviate the workload of the
treasurer and secretary.| **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|**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 was both a Trustee of the
charity and a Director of the Eddington
Kendal CIC. He resigned from the CIC in
December 2025.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|South Lakeland Action on Climate Change| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Waste into Wellbeing| |Registered charity number|1202875| |Charity’s principal address|The Eddington
106a Highgate
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4HE| ||| **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 (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Chris Rowley|Secretary||| ||Alan Lovett|Treasurer||| ||Anne Blackburn|||| ||Duncan Pollard||Until Autumn 2025|| ||Phil Clayton||Till his death in early
2025|| ||Angela Lovett||Until Autumn 2025|| ||Carole Wood||Until the 2025 AGM|| ||Kim Beaumont||Until the 2025 AGM|| ||Lea Garrett
Hampson||From January 2026|| ||Dan Hudson||From Autumn 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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**|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**| |---|---| |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|None| |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** ## **§** **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| ||15/3/2026|| ||15/3/2026|| Ejtj STABLESTHOMPSON & BRISCOE www.stb-accountants.co.uk Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of South Lakeland Action on Climate Change-Towards Transition (charity number 12028751 I report on the account5 of the charity for the year ended 31" December 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's truslees you are responsible for the preparation of the accoLJnts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitie5 Act 2011 I'the Act'l. report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Di rections 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 section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matter5 in connection with the exatnination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Helen Holmes BSC FCA IG4EW Stables Thompson & Briscoe Lowther House Lowther Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 4DX Date: 17 March 2026 Lowiher House, Lowiher Street, Kendal, Cumbria LAC) 4DX Tel=1015391720465 Email.. enquiries@lsil)-accountLin15.In.uk Unil 27, Cumberland House, Kirkby Stephen Business Park, Si Luke'5 Road, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria C417 4HT Tel=1017683171272 Email.. kirkby sib-accounlan15.co.uk Siat>le5TIKKtPSun & Briscoe Lid- REgisteiEd in EnuplJnd- C(Jni￿]nY nilm1￿1 &129610 ReRi%lcrcd nhice- Luwthei 14iiu5e, LO￿0her SITL*t. Kendal. Cumbiia LA9 4DX