2025-03-31-accounts - Nature And Community

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 April 2024 To 31 March 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Nature and Community

Other names charity is known by none

Registered charity number (if any) 1203361

red charity number (if any)	1203361	1203361
Charity's principal address	Acacia Cottage, Midway
	Chalford Hill
	Stroud
	PostcodeGL6 8EN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	TobyFord	Chair
	Emma Hutchins
	Tim Woodfine	Treasurer

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name 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 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods

(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

The preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources for the public benefit, by;

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

a) The provision of equipment or materials to support activities which help to restore degraded ecosystems, recover biodiversity, or promote sustainable use of natural resources;
b) the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration;

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c) making grants to organisations furthering similar preservation and conservation purposes. 2. To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement, and rehabilitation of the environment and,

To promote study and research in such subjects, providing the public with skills and knowledge to partake in sustainable development. Sustainable development means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

For context, Nature and Community is a new, small charity registered on 1[st] June 2023 and therefore the year ending 31[st] March 2025 represented only the first full financial year of operation. Trustees read and took into account Charity Commission guidance on public benefit when forming the charity and when considering its work and activities.

During this period, the charity undertook small-scale habitat creation and restoration work, including removal of overgrown vegetation, opening areas of bare ground and sowing British native wildflower seeds for a school nature area in Gloucestershire. Further work was undertaken by Trustees to monitor the establishment of previously planted British native trees, help maintain a woodland outdoor learning area used by local school children, and to collate local biodiversity data to inform conservation planning and decision-making across the Parish.

Summary of the main woodland outdoor learning area used by local school children, and to collate activities undertaken for the local biodiversity data to inform conservation planning and decision-making public benefit in relation to across the Parish. these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have The charity provided a small grant to a community enterprise, in the rural had regard to the guidance village of Kelle in the Zinder region of Niger, to buy a press for the sustainable issued by the Charity extraction of oil from the seeds of the Balanites aegyptiaca tree. The Commission on public community seeks to conserve these important trees that provide habitat for benefit) wildlife as well as shade and forage for livestock, while generating additional income for people.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During 2024-25 we:

Raised £1,610 meeting the modest expectations of Trustees during the first full year of the Charity’s existence.
Undertook habitat creation and restoration work across a hectare of previously species poor amenity grassland in Gloucestershire.
Sowed seeds of over 50 species of British native wildflowers.
Monitored establishment of over 400 previously planted British native trees.
Collated data on the biodiversity of Chalford Parish in Gloucestershire, UK.
Helped with the maintenance of a woodland outdoor learning facility used by 180 primary school children.
Provided a grant for a community sustainability enterprise in rural Niger for the purchase of a press for the extraction of oil from the seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca trees.

Relying entirely on the time of Trustees and modest financial resources, these outcomes were in line with the Charity’s expectations for 2024-25.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Trustees have a reserves policy as a contingency against unforeseen or unexpected needs. As a new, small charity with no fixed overheads, Trustees agreed to retain a nominal amount of £500 for this purpose, which we believe is a reasonable and proportional sum at this stage. In addition, Trustees agreed to set aside £1,250 for planned commitments that may not be met through future income alone, and with the expectation that these funds would be expended in the following financial year.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

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)

Tim Woodfine Full name(s) Toby Ford Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 06/01/2026

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Nature and Community		1203361
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
1st April 2024 Period start date For the period from	To	31st March 2025 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 1,610 - - - - - - - 1,610 - - - 1,610 2,872 - - - - - - - - 2,872 - - 2,872 - 1,262 - 2,520 1,258	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 1,610 - - - - - - - 1,610 - - - 1,610 2,872 - - - - - - - - 2,872 - - - 2,872 - 1,262	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	1,610				-
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~~*Sub total~~~~(Gross income for~~ AR)*	1,610				-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
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Charitable activities	2,872				-
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**Sub total **	2,872				-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Equipment
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
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	- 1,262	-	-	- 1,262	-
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	2,520	-	-	2,520	-
	1,258	-	-	1,258	-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Cash at Bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,758 - - - - - 1,758 - Agreement Error OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name T. Woodfine	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			OK
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			Current value (optional)
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			Date of approval
		T. Woodfine	06/01/26

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

06/01/2026