## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Offa's Dyke Assocation** 

For the year ended 31st December 2024 

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Offa's Dyke Assocation (the CIO) for the year ended 31st December 2024, which are set out on pages 12 to 22. 

## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** 

As the Trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) 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: 

1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. The accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give “a true and fair view” which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 



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 of the accounts to be reached. 

_D E Hutchinson_ 

Date: 3[rd] October 2025 

Davina Hutchinson ACMA Garden Cottage Brynwern Hall Llanfihangel Brynpabuan Builth Wells LD2 3SE 



## **Statement of Financial Activities** 

For the year ended 31st December 2024 

||Restricted|Unrestricted|**2024 Total**|2023 Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|**£**|£|
|**Income from**|||||
|Grants & donatons2|-|4,702|**4,702**|2,564|
|Charitable actvites3|-|7,134|**7,134**|7,667|
|Trading actvites|-|30,932|**30,932**|27,936|
|Investments|-|18,901|**18,901**|10,266|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Total income**|-|61,669|**61,669**|48,433|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Expenditure on**|||||
|Charitable actvites|-|20,856|**20,856**|17,573|
|Trading actvites|-|15,856|**15,856**|15,098|
|Governance costs|-|948|**948**|1,452|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Total expenditure4**|-|37,660|**37,660**|34,123|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Net income/(expenditure)**|-|24,009|**24,009**|14,310|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|Transfers between funds|(350)|350|**-**|-|
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Net movement in funds5**|(350)|24,359|**24,009**|14,310|
|**Reconciliaton of funds**|||||
|Transferred from Ofa’s|||||
|Dyke Associaton charity no.|||||
|503821|-|-|**-**|416,109|
|Balance brought forward|97,914|332,505|**430,419**||
||________|________|**________**|________|
|**Total funds carried forward**|97,564|356,864|**454,428**|430,419|
||========|========|**========**|========|





## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities** 

For the year ended 31st December 2024 

|For the year ended 31st December 2024|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
|Tangible assets8|280|280|
||**________**|________|
|**Current Assets**|||
|Stock|5,375|4,543|
|Debtors9|402|-|
|Cash at bank and in hand|448,371|425,596|
||**________**|________|
||**454,148**|430,139|
|||-|
|**Liabilites**|||
|Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year10|**-**|-|
||**________**|________|
|**Net Current Assets**|454,148|430,139|
||**________**|________|
|**Net Assets11**|**454,428**|430,419|
||**========**|========|
|**Funds12**|||
|Restricted funds|97,564|97,914|
|_Unrestricted funds:_|||
|Designated funds|48,571|49,430|
|General funds|308,293|283,075|
||**________**|________|
|**Total Charity Funds**|**454,428**|430,419|
||**========**|========|
|Approved by the Trustees on  3rdOctober 2025 and signed on their behalf by:|||




David McGlade 

Chairman Offa’s Dyke Association CIO 



## **Notes to the Financial Statements** 

For the year ended 31st December 2024 

## **1 Accounting Policies** 

## **a Basis of preparation** 

- The  Financial  Statements  have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice  applicable  in  charities  in  preparing  their  accounts  in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). 

Offa's Dyke Assocation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.  Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost  or  transaction  value  unless  otherwise  stated  in  the  relevant accounting policy note. 

- **b Going concern basis of accounting** 

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves.  There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. 

## **c Income** 

- Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. 

Income  from  the  government  and  other  grants,  whether  “capital” grants  or  “revenue”  grants  is  recognised  when  the  charity  has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. 

Income from commissions, or fees, is recognised when earned and is deferred when received in advance. 

## **d Donated services and facilities** 

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item, is probable 



and the economic benefit can be measured reliably.  In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised. 

On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services and facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt. 

## **e Interest receivable** 

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity: this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. 

- **f** 

## **Funds accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity.  Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.  Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity. 

## **g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT** 

Expenditure  is  recognised  once  there  is  a  legal  or  constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. 

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred. 

## **h Allocation of support and governance costs** 

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities.  These costs have been allocated  between expenditure  on charitable  activities  and  trading activities based on the following: 

Staff costs have been split 40% charitable activities & 60% trading activities 

Support costs have been split 85% charitable activities & 15% trading activities. 

## **i Tangible fixed assets** 

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. 



The depreciation rates in use are as follows: 

(Transferred asset) Long leasehold 2% reducing balance ceasing in year ended 31[st] December 2008 when fully impaired 

(Transferred asset) Fixtures and fittings 34% reducing balance ceasing in year ended 31[st] December 2010 when NBV reached £280. 

## **j Debtors** 

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered.  Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due. 

## **k Cash at bank and in hand** 

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. 

## **l Creditors** 

Creditors  and  provisions  are  recognised  where  the  charity  has  a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.  Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. 

## **m** 

## **Financial instruments** 

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments.  Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently recognised at amortised cost using the effective interest method. 

## **n** 

## **Accounting estimates and key judgements** 

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from the other sources.  The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant.  Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

The estimates are underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis.  Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. 

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect 



on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are depreciation as described in note i. above. 

## **2 Income from Grants and Donations** 

||Restricted|Restricted|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||£||£|**£**|£|
|||||||-|
|Donatons||-|3,354||**3,354**|1,478|
|Kay Trust||-||-|**-**|339|
|Just Giving Fund||-||-|**-**|53|
|Gif Aid||-||659|**659**|194|
|Mid Countes||-||500|**500**|500|
|Other grants||-||189|**189**|-|
||________||________||**_______**|_______|
|Total grants & donatons||-|4,702||**4,702**|2,564|
||========||========||**=======**|=======|
|**3      Income from Charitable**|**Actvites**||||||
||Restricted|Unrestricted||**2024 Total**||2023 Total|
||£||£||**£**|£|
|ODP Passport|-||507||**507**|1,049|
|Subscriptons|-||6,627||**6,627**|6,618|
||________||________|**________**||________|
|Total income from charitable|||||||
|actvites|-||7,134||**7,134**|7,667|
||========||========|**========**||========|





## **4          Total Expenditure** 

||Charitable|Trading|Support|**Total**|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Actvites|Actvites|Costs|**2023**|2022|
||£|£|£|**£**|£|
|Purchases|-|6,178|-|**6,178**|6,385|
|Salaries|5,041|7,562|-|**12,603**|11,061|
|Rent|-|-|3,469|**3,469**|3,469|
|Rates & water|-|-|181|**181**|198|
|Insurance|-|-|902|**902**|848|
|Light & heat|-|-|1,965|**1,965**|1,854|
|Repairs|-|-|52|**52**|1,296|
|ODP Passport|472|-|-|**472**|7|
|Telephone|-|-|395|**395**|370|
|Post & statonery|-|-|893|**893**|688|
|Fire & security|-|-|1,354|**1,354**|54|
|Cleaning|-|-|477|**477**|659|
|Subscriptons|-|-|186|**186**|133|
|Membership & printng|-|-|419|**419**|792|
|Accountancy & payroll|-|-|2,052|**2,052**|1,392|
|Website|-|-|220|**220**|390|
|Ofa’s Dyke|632|-|-|**632**|1,372|
|IT|-|-|670|**670**|315|
|Bank charges|-|-|873|**873**|1,389|
|Conservaton expenditure|2,719|-|-|**2,719**|-|
||________|________|________|**________**|________|
|**Total expenditure**|**8,864**|**13,740**|**14,108**|**36,712**|**32,672**|
||**========**|**========**|**========**|**========**|**========**|
|Support costs allocaton|11,992|2,116|(14,108)|||
||------------|------------|------------|||
|**Per SOFA**|**20,856**|**15,856**|**-**|||
||========|========|========|||



## **5          Net Movement in Funds** - this is stated after charging: 

||**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Depreciaton|**-**|-|
|Loss on disposal of fxed assets|**-**|-|
|Operatng lease payments|**-**|-|
|Trustees’ remuneraton|**-**|-|
|Trustees’ reimbursed expenses|548|923|
|Independent examiner’s remuneraton|400|529|
||**========**|========|





## **6          Staff Costs and Numbers** – staff costs were as follows: 

||**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Salaries and wages|12,603|11,061|
|Social security costs|-|-|
|Pension costs|-|-|
||**________**|________|
||**12,603**|11,061|
||**========**|========|
|No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.|||
||**2023**|2022|
|Average head count (all staf are part-tme)|**3**|3|
||**========**|========|



## **7          Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes. 



## **8          Tangible Fixed Assets transferred from Offa’s Dyke Association (503821)** 

||Fixtures &||
|---|---|---|
||Fitngs|**Total**|
||£|**£**|
|**Cost**|||
|At 1stJanuary 2024|3,796|**3,796**|
|Additons in year|-|**-**|
|Disposals in year|-|**-**|
||________|**________**|
||3,796|**3,796**|
||________|**________**|
|**Depreciaton**|||
|At 1stJanuary 2024|3,516|**3,516**|
|Charge for year|-|**-**|
|On disposals|-|**-**|
||________|**________**|
||3,516|**3,516**|
|**Net Book Value**|||
|**At 31st December 2024**|**280**|**280**|
||**========**|**========**|
|NBV 31stDecember 2023|280|280|
||========|========|



## **9         Debtors** 

|**9         Debtors**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Trade debtors|**402**|-|
||**________**|________|
||**402**|-|
||**========**|========|





## **10         Creditors: amounts due within 1 year** 

|**10         Creditors: amounts due within 1 year**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Trade creditors|**-**|-|
|Accruals|**-**|-|
||**________**|________|
||**-**|-|
||**========**|========|
|**11         Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**|||



||Restricted|Designated|General|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Current Year**|Funds|Funds|Funds|**2024**|
||£|£|£|**£**|
|Tangible fxed assets|-|-|280|**280**|
|Current assets|97,564|48,571|308,013|**454,148**|
|Current liabilites|-|-|-|**-**|
||________|________|________|**________**|
|**Net assets 31 Dec 2024**|**97,564**|**48,571**|**308,293**|**454,428**|
||**========**|**========**|**========**|**========**|
||_Restricted_|_Designated_|_General_|_Total_|
|_Prior Year_|_Funds_|_Funds_|_Funds_|_2023_|
||_£_|_£_|_£_|_£_|
|_Tangible fxed assets_|_-_|_-_|_280_|_280_|
|_Current assets_|_97,914_|_49,930_|_282,295_|_430,139_|
|_Current liabilites_|_-_|_-_|_-_|_-_|
||__________|__________|__________|__________|
|_Net assets 31 Dec 2023_|_97,914_|_49,930_|_282,575_|_430,419_|
||_========_|_========_|_========_|**========**|





## **12        Movement in Funds** 

|**12        Movement in**|**Funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Current Year**|At 1 Jan|||Transfer|**At 31 Dec**|
||2023|Income|Expenditure|funds|**2024**|
||£|£|£|£|**£**|
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|Ernie Kay Legacy|97,564|-|-|-|**97,564**|
|Bench Legacy|350|-|-|(350)|**-**|
||------------|------------|------------|------------|**------------**|
|**Total Restricted Funds**|**97,914**|**-**|**-**|**(350)**|**97,564**|
||________|________|________|________|**________**|
|**Unrestricted Funds**||||||
|_Designated Funds_||||||
|Conservaton Fund|9,430|1,860|(2,719)|-|**8,571**|
|Contngency Fund|40,000|-|-|-|**40,000**|
||________|________|________|________|**________**|
|Total Designated Funds|49,430|1,860|(2,719)|-|**48,571**|
||________|________|________|________|**________**|
|General Funds|283,075|59,809|(34,941)|350|**308,293**|
||________|________|________|________|**________**|
|**Total Unrestricted Funds**|332,505|61,669|(37,660)|350|**356,864**|
||________|________|________|________|**________**|
|**Total Funds**|430,419|61,669|(37,660)|-|**454,428**|
||========|========|========|========|**========**|



## **13.        Operating Lease Commitments** 

The charity had operating leases at the year end with total future minimum 

## lease payments as follows: 

|lease payments as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Amount falling due:|**-**|-|
|Within 1 year|**-**|-|
|In more than 1 year|**-**|-|





**========** ======== 

## **14.         Related Party Transactions** 

There were no related party transactions in the current or prior period 




## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From: 1[st] January 2024 Period start date To: 31[st] December 2024                     Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Offa’s Dyke Association** 

## **Charity registration number: CIO 1203068** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote the conservation of Offa’s**<br>**Dyke and the general public’s**<br>**understanding and enjoyment of it**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Provision of free-to-enter visitor centre**<br>**with Offa’s Dyke interpretive displays;**<br>**reference library; public outreach and**<br>**education; active member of the Offa’s**<br>**Dyke Conservation Partnership;**<br>**ownership and management of own**<br>**conservation fund and the Offa’s Dyke**<br>**Path walkers’ passport scheme.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees fully understand their**<br>**responsibility to deliver the ODA’s**<br>**charitable object for public benefit, and**<br>**nothing else.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Modest grants are considered from the**<br>**ODA’s conservation fund for projects that**<br>**support the long-term conservation of**<br>**Offa’s Dyke. Charitable funds are not**<br>**used to fund projects or tasks that would**<br>**otherwise be exchequer funded. Sales of**<br>**walkers’ passports support the**<br>**conservation fund and trustees may at**<br>**their discretion transfer funds from the**<br>**general reserve into the conservation**<br>**fund. Conervation projects may also be**<br>**funded from the general fund.**|





|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable.**|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**The Offa’s Dyke Centre could not**<br>**function without the vitally important**<br>**contribution of volunteers. Two**<br>**volunteers currently piloting condition**<br>**monitoring photos of Offa’s Dyke. The**<br>**CIO wants to develop this scheme**<br>**further.**|
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
||Para 1.20|**The ODA is in a unique position. It is the**<br>**only organisation in England and Wales**<br>**with a brief for the full length of Offa’s**<br>**Dyke in both countries. It can take a long-**<br>**term view and independently promote**<br>**view points and messages that further**<br>**the conservation and sustainable use of**<br>**the monument.**<br>**The Offa’s Dyke Centre presents the only**<br>**interpretive displays on the Dyke to be**<br>**found in England and Wales or anywhere**<br>**else in the UK. The displays will from**<br>**time-to-time be refreshed to reflect**<br>**current research and ideas. (In 2025 the**<br>**CIO is work-in-progress to publish Easter**<br>**2026 a bi-lingual book to accompany the**<br>**exhibition. There will be a charitable**<br>**distribution of the book to selected**<br>**schools and libraries).**|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>**A highlight in 2024 was the joint ODA /**<br>**Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory public**<br>**conference held in June in Wrexham.**<br>**Funded by the ODA it was attended by**<br>**over 50 delegates and presented the**<br>**scope of the ODA’s work to a largely new**<br>**audience.**<br>**In 2024, alongside Gloucestershire**<br>**County Council Countryside Unit, the**<br>**ODA continued to work up the Sedbury**<br>**conservation project. (This continued**<br>**into 2025 with furtrher phases planned in**<br>**2026 and beyond).**<br>**One of the ODA’s contributions to the**<br>**Offa’s Dyke Conservation Project is to**<br>**make the Offa’s Dyke Centre available for**<br>**meetings, storage and so on. Several**<br>**steering group meetings were held at the**<br>**Centre and the Conservation Project**<br>**Officer is now a keyholder.**<br>**The Centre itself opened to the public as**<br>**planned between Easter and the end of**<br>**October.**<br>**The 2024 members’ AGM was the first**<br>**hybrid meeting to be held using video**<br>**links.**<br>**Trustees spoke to several organisations**<br>**visiting the Centre and the Chairman**<br>**travelled to talk to an archaeology group**<br>**in north Wales.**<br>**Finally in 2024 the decision was made,**<br>**instead of producing twice yearly**<br>**newsletters, to publish instead a larger**|
|---|---|---|





|||**format Annual Review more focused on**<br>**the delivery of the CIO’s charitable**<br>**object. This format better presents the**<br>**CIO’s achievements to the Commission,**<br>**potential funders, government agencies**<br>**and so on.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Donations, especially car parking**<br>**donations, were satisfactory and on a par**<br>**with previous years. Pledged**<br>**sponsorship towards the cost of**<br>**translating the forthcoming exhibition**<br>**book is expected to be received in late**<br>**2025 / early 2026.**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**The CIO made a surplus for the year**<br>**refectng the fact that our reserves are**<br>**now properly invested.**|
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The CIO is in a healthy financial position.**<br>**New accounting software (XERO) enables**<br>**trustees to make informed decisions in a**<br>**timely way.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves policy: To generate and**<br>**maintain sufficient reserves to enable the**<br>**ODA to deliver its charitable objectives**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**At year end the total reserves were**<br>**£454,428**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A-**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None identified at present. Potential**<br>**uncertainty would arise through a**<br>**significant long-term reduction in**<br>**membership income, donations, Gift Aid,**<br>**investment and retail income**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Membership subscription / donations;**<br>**other donations; Gift Aid; advertising**<br>**income; investment income; Offa’s Dyke**<br>**Centre and online shop retail income.**||
|---|---|---|---|
|||||





|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None identified at present. Potential**<br>**principal risks include the cost of running**<br>**the Offa’s Dyke Centre becoming**<br>**unsustainable; and a significant drop in**<br>**income from memberships, donations,**<br>**advertising and investment income.**|
|Other|||



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity Commission template for**<br>**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are required to offer relevant**<br>**skills and experience to fill required skill**<br>**sets.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>**Contents of CC guidance ‘The essential**<br>**Trustee – what you need to know, what**<br>**you need to do’ is explained to trustees.**<br>**They then study and sign the CC**<br>**Trustees Eligibility Declaration form.**<br>**Periodic advice updates from the CC are**<br>**circulated to trustees**|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**The ODA’s organisational structure could**<br>**be described as a flat pyramid.**<br>**The executive decision making body is**<br>**the Board of Trustees. Day-to-day**<br>**decisions, mostly concerning the**<br>**operation of the Offa’s Dyke Centre, are**<br>**made by the Chairman David McGlade**<br>**who lives local to the Centre. He also**<br>**represents the ODA on the Offa’s Dyke**<br>**Conservation Project steering group. In**|





|||**between Board meetings he regularly**<br>**circulates updates and proposals to**<br>**trustees and, where specific advice is**<br>**required, he liaises with them**<br>**individually.**|
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|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Ofa’s Dyke Associaton|
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|Other name<br>the charity<br>uses||
|Registered<br>charity<br>number|CIO 1203068|
|Charity’s<br>principal<br>address|Offa’s Dyke Centre<br>West Street<br>Knighton<br>LD7 1EN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||David McGlade|Chairman||Trustees elected at meeting<br>of Board of Trustees|
||ShirleyMcGlade|Secretary|||
||Bruce Cutts|Treasurer|||
||Melanie Roxby-<br>Mackey||||
||Ian Mackey||||
||Simon Rixon||||
||Dan Llywelyn Hall||||
||Thomas Banks||Resigned 22/06/2024||
||Matt Thompson||Resigned 22/06/2024||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|**None**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|None|
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|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||



## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

**None** 

## **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)** David McGlade 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chairman **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

3[rd] October 2025