## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 16/05/2023 To 31/12/2023** ## **Charity name: Roborough Rewilders** ## **Charity registration number: 1203077** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION,
PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF
THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; TO ADVANCE
THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN
ROBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING
AREA IN THE CONSERVATION,
PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF
THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT| |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|1) Habitat creation in two fields to the north
of Roborough village in North-central
Devon. The rewilding of this area to
increase species number and diversity.
2) The promotion of the theory of rewilding
through open days, talks and other
activities and the education of the public.
3) Fundraising to acquire more land and
facilitate the operation of the charity.| |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
Commission’s guidance and all of its
current activities are focussed on promoting
environmental benefit in the land managed
by the charity, thereby benefitting the local
community in an area where the great
majority of the land surrounding Roborough
village is subject to agricultural
management with little if any public benefit
beyond very limited employment
opportunities. We have engaged with the
local community in the form of
presentations explaining the nature,
purpose and results to date of our rewilding
activities and walk-round events in the
fields to enable those attending to see at
first hand the work in progress and the
achievements to date. The fields are also
open at all times to any members of the
public wishing to visit them.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable to our current activities,
which are limited to promoting
environmental benefit in the land managed
by the charity.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Social investment does not currently form a
material part of our activities, which are
limited to promoting environmental benefit
in the land managed by the charity.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteer activities to date have involved
the trustees themselves plus two
volunteers who are residents of Roborough
village and have made an extensive and
invaluable contribution in creating
photographic and video records of the
increasing number of plant and animal
species present on the land managed by
the charity.| |Other||For the purpose of enhancing the rewilding
process (e.g. by the reduction in dominant
grasses previously sown on the land for
grazing purposes) local livestock owners
have voluntarily helped by variously lending
sheep, pigs and cattle to graze and forage
on sections of the land, with consequent
biodiversity benefits.| ## **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|On the formation of the charity at the start
of this reporting period it took over a project
begun by the owners of the land 2 years
previously. During this period the charity
has continued numerous practical steps to
increase the biodiversity of the land under
its management and to consolidate and
develop the steps taken to improve the
habitat in the first 2 years of the project.
These have included hedge management
to encourage invertebrates, nesting birds
and small mammals, measures to protect
tree saplings from rodents and roe deer,
installation of nesting boxes, including for
barn owls, kestrels and swallows,
establishment of brash piles to provide
cover for nesting birds, reptiles and small
mammals, sowing yellow rattle seeds in the
grass areas to reduce the vigour of rye
grasses planted when the land was in use
as pasture and a period of grazing by cattle
to break up the soil surface to encourage
wild flower seed germination and| competition of flowering plants with grasses. Animal species present were recorded with trail cameras, giving an insight into the numbers and variety of animals using the site and showing clear evidence of the presence of growing numbers of insect, reptile, bird and mammal species not thought to have been present when the site contained little beyond rye grass monoculture. During this period the learning to date was shared in presentations to the local community and also to landowners and others interested in improving the management of land for biodiversity, by showing how significant habitat enhancement can be achieved with limited resources in a relatively short period, thereby encouraging the development of an increasing number of small to medium sized sites managed in this manner, ideally with corridors linking them to facilitate the movement of animal species between such sites. The project will also have resulted in increased carbon capture by promoting the growth of large numbers of native trees and bushes on the site, and enhanced flood water storage in the many ponds created at the outset of the project. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
No specific objectives were set in this
reporting period beyond gaining charitable
status and continuing the process of
managing the land to convert it from its
previous agricultural use, with the
achievements documented above.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|As the charity was newly established in this
reporting period, no fundraising activities
were planned or undertaken.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable – the charity has no
investments, its only capital asset being the
land it owns and manages.| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the reporting period the
charity was still in the process of arranging
transfer of the legal title of the land
managed by the charity from the ownership
of two of the trustees to the charity (this
process was completed in February 2024).
Therefore at this point the charity held no
financial or other assets| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|At the end of the reporting period the
charity held no financial reserves as it had
no financial assets| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|See above| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|At the end of the reporting period the
charity was still in an embryonic state,
awaiting transfer of the legal title of the land
it manages. Its running costs at this point
were minimal and expected to remain so in
the short to medium term. However the
charity’s subsequent intention
is to initiate
fundraising to acquire more land and
facilitate its operations.| ## **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|
At the end of the reporting period the
charity had no established sources of
funding and its activities were sustained
entirely by voluntary efforts, as documented
above.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable to the charity’s
circumstances at the time of reporting| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No significant risks to the charity’s activities
were identified during this reporting period
as its activities were effectively limited to
the management by volunteers of the land
under its management, which at that time
required minimal financial resources. The
principal future risk to the charity’s stated
goal of
acquiring more land to manage for
habitat creation and environmental
improvement will be an inability to raise the
funds required to do this.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust deed| |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|Apart from the first charity trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term of 3
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for appointment as
charity trustees, the charity trustees must
have regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of Roborough Rewilders.
No other person or external body is entitled
to appoint one or more trustees.| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|Roborough Rewilders| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1203077| |Charity’s principal address|Higher Lovelynch Barn
Higher Lovelynch
Milverton
TAUNTON
Somerset
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicholas David
Benge|Chair|Whole year|N/A| ||Margaret Anne
Benge||Whole year|N/A| ||Andrew Hugh
Mounstephen|Treasurer|Whole year|N/A| ||Robert Dunbar
Fisher||Whole year|N/A| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **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**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||Nicholas David Benge|Andrew Hugh Mounstephen| |||| ||Chair|Treasurer| ||5thOctober 2024
6thOctober 2024|| ||5thOctober 2024|| |**Roborough Rewilders**|**Roborough Rewilders**||**1203077**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|5/16/2023|**To**|12/31/2023|| ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**Cash funds this year end 70**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
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**(see table).**
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**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
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**funds**|**to the nearest £**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Cash in bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
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**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
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Andrew Hugh Mounstephen
Nicholas David Benge|Date of
approval| |Andrew Hugh Mounstephen|10/1/2024| |Nicholas David Benge|10/18/2024|